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More than 140 community and business leaders joined Community Services for Children (CSC) recognizing State Senator Pat Browne and Dr. John Van Brakle with The Inez and Edward Donley Award for Children’s Advocacy for their achievements on April 23, 2014, at DeSales University Center. Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey also recognized their work promoting […]

Legislation designed to secure a reliable funding stream for the state’s Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) has been approved by both the state House and Senate and now heads to the governor’s desk to be signed into law, announced Rep. Julie Harhart (R-Lehigh/Northampton), author of the measure. “I have been working on legislation to fund the […]

The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation recently granted $7500 to Community Services for Children to assist with the construction costs of The Donley Family Infant Center. The Center is a unique treatment facility, which provides the SafeStart program consisting of daily treatment for babies who have been abused and neglected and works with parents to stabilize […]

PPL Corporation recently gave a $44,000 grant to Community Services for Children (CSC) to expand its role in providing high quality science, technology, engineering and math (“STEM”) education to children in prekindergarten. CSC will use the grant to develop a training model for prekindergarten teachers so they are better able to help young children learn […]

CSC recently received $221,112 from Air Products in Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) funding in support of its early education scholarships. “We are so appreciative of Air Products leadership in supporting early education. This is the building block for successful high school graduation and an educated workforce,” said Jane Ervin, CEO/President of CSC. CSC will […]

For the month of October, Community Services for Children (CSC) was the recipient of receiving a portion of car sales from Brown Daub Charities. CSC received a total of $3,230.00 The Brown-Daub dealerships believe in helping the community by developing partnerships with Lehigh Valley organizations that have the goal of bettering the lives of Lehigh […]

Community Services for Children (CSC) recently received $150,000 from PPL Corporation in Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) funding in support of its early education scholarships and innovative Literacy Lab program. “We are so appreciative of PPL’s leadership in supporting early education. This is the building block for successful high school graduation and an educated workforce,” […]

The ‘Night on the Nile’ Children’s Ball held Saturday, Sept 7th at Lehigh Country Club brought out the stars to champion babies who have been abused and neglected. 176 leaders from Lehigh and Northampton Counties rallied for dinner, dancing and an auction to raise funds for CSC’s unique ‘SafeStart’ program housed in the new Donley […]

Background: Given for the first time in 1996, Community Services for Children established Inez and Edward Donley Award to acknowledge public service that has significantly improved the quality of life for children at the local, state and/or national levels. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Donley, who exemplify the spirit of the award, were the first recipients. […]