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Barbara Minzenberg, PhD, Deputy Secretary, Office of Child Development & Early Learning PA Depts of Education and Public Welfare, visits CSC on Thursday, May 3, 2012. The purpose of her visit is to hear about a unique business partnership CSC has to provide an innovative approach to teaching literacy among preschoolers. CSC’s Head Start program […]

Children Safe after Bus and Police Car Collide Shortly before 10 am on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, a Head Start of the Lehigh Valley bus driven by Argentina Cordero was struck by a police cruiser in the vicinity of Oswego and Hanover Avenue, Allentown. The 15 preschoolers were unharmed, attributed to their wearing five-point Star […]

Community Services for Children brings Rosalind Wiseman to the Lehigh Valley on May 22 to speak frankly about bullying: what children are facing and what parents and others can do to prevent and intervene. Her talk will be followed by a Q&A and a book signing, 7 to 8:30 pm, Lipkin Theatre on the campus […]

Rebecca “Becky” Gorton and Tony and Rosann Salvaggio are this year’s recipients of the Edward and Inez Donley Award for Children’s Advocacy awarded by Community Services for Children. The awards will be given during a luncheon program at The Sands on April 19, 2012, 11:30 – 1:00 pm. Tickets are $50; sponsorships are available. Mrs. […]

Great fun for young and old on Sunday, April 15, noon to 4 pm – Purse Bingo at Northeast Middle School in Bethlehem. Proceeds support SafeStart, a therapeutic nursery program for babies and toddlers who suffer effects from prenatal exposure to drugs and alcohol.  SafeStart gets these children onto a healthy development track so they […]

Language and Literacy Help in Preschool Pays Off        High achievement and accolades marked the conclusion of a three-year Early Reading First grant from the US Department of Education. Community Services for Children’s program, called LEARN, incorporated research-based methods to assist preschool children in Head Start for whom English is a second language to improve their […]

The public is invited to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday with us in the CSC Family Library on March 1st. Between 2-3 pm, enjoy a celebrity reader, snacks, and crafts. Free admission. Come and browse and take home an armload of books, games, puppets and more. Call 610-437-6000, x 3140 for information and reservation.

Community Services for Children is holding its Second Annual Purse Bingo on Sunday, April 15, 2012, Doors open at noon and Bingo starts at 1pm, at Northeast Middle School Cafeteria. An afternoon of great fun, purses, tricky tray items and 20 Bingo games all for only $20. There will be 5 ‘specials’ and they are an […]

Community Services for Children (CSC) hosts speaker Dr. Randell Turner addressing how a father’s parenting style benefits his child’s development. The event is scheduled for Friday, April 27, 12:30 – 3:30 pm at CSC’s Training Institute located on our campus, 1520 Hanover Ave, Allentown. The cost is $25 and is open to the community. Continuing education […]

Community Services for Children (CSC) was recently approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development as a Pre-Kindergarten Scholarship Organization. Qualifying businesses may give tax credits to CSC to disburse for students in high quality pre-k programs. These credits are known through the program Educational Investment Tax Credits (EITC). PPL recently donated $100,000 […]