Poverty's Edge

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trump Turns His Back on Low-Income Americans

Author: ajennings March 16, 2017 0 Comments

Proposed Budget Would Shut Down CACLV Donald Trump’s first demonstration of his priorities through his proposed budget makes it very clear that the billionaire whose father set him up in business doesn’t understand how much a few friends can…
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Allentown, Bethlehem, Children, community action, Easton, economic crisis, history, homelessness, hunger, media coverage, mortgage foreclosure, politics, poverty, Second Harvest Food Bank, sixth street shelter, Slate Belt, Slate Belt Rising, small business, weatherization, youth

Second Harvest Celebrates Successful Fundraising Campaign

Author: ajennings December 14, 2016 0 Comments

New Home Dedicated to the Late Sharon Gausling The Second Harvest Food Band of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania celebrated the completion of its $3.3 million fund raising campaign to pay for its new warehouse at 6969 Silver Crest Road…
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Allentown, Bethlehem, community action, Easton, homelessness, hunger, media coverage, poverty, Second Harvest Food Bank

PRESS RELEASE: THE RISING TIDE ADDS A LINE OF CREDIT TO ITS SMALL BUSINESS LENDING PRODUCTS

Author: ajennings November 21, 2016 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CHRIS HUDOCK (T) 484.893.1039 (C) 484.553.3171 The Rising Tide Community Loan Fund has expanded its services yet again, announcing today the creation of a first-of-its-kind line of credit for micro-enterprises, start-ups and other businesses that struggle to…
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Allentown, Bethlehem, CACLV Contributors, community action, media coverage, small business, Uncategorized

We Do That, Too

Author: ajennings August 8, 2016 1 Comment

CACLV is, to say the least, a complicated organization. With a budget in excess of $25 million (counting the value of the food distributed by the Second Harvest Food Bank), programs such as the Sixth Street Shelter, Weatherization and Community…
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Allentown, Bethlehem, CACLV Contributors, Children, community action, Easton, history, hunger, media coverage, poverty, Second Harvest Food Bank, youth

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES AND CACLV TO “BLITZ” BETHLEHEM NEIGHBORHOOD

Author: CACLV August 12, 2014 0 Comments

Contractors will weatherize 20 homes to generate new interest in saving money on energy costs as winter approaches. Date: August 13, 2014 Time: 10:30 AM Location: 1600 Hastings Road, Bethlehem With the harsh winter behind us still giving people the shivers and…
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Bethlehem, community action, weatherization

bethlehem, Blitz, electric, PA, PPL, utilities, Weatherization