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Family Emergency Fund  Community Services for Children established the Family Emergency Fund to provide support to families who are confronted with unforeseen financial burdens and have exhausted all other outlets. This program is made entirely possible by charitable donations. During the past four months, financial help was provided to eight families to many areas of […]

Community Services for Children is honored to welcome Mary Bristol to our Board of Directors. Mary is currently working for Unity Bank as a Portfolio Manager. She attended Strayer College for Accounting and Finance. She has been in the financial and banking industry for over 24 years and began her career at Keystone Savings bank. She […]

Community Services for Children is honored to welcome Carole Reese to our Board of Directors. Carole Reese is currently retired and former Vice President of Planning and Research for Moravian College. She attended Kutztown Univerity for her B.S. and then attended Lehigh University for her M.A. Previously Carole was Vice President for Development and Alumni […]

Dear Friends of Community Services for Children, In the last four months, Community Services for Children has been startled and then shaken by the events unfolding in the world around us! Beginning March 14, 2020, we said an abrupt goodbye to the thousands of parents and children we were engaged with across Northeastern PA, as […]

When Community Services for Children made the difficult decision to shut down our buildings as a precaution to keep staff, children, and families healthy, it was certain to everyone that there was a need to develop a new way to communicate with those who depend on us. As CSC’s CEO and President Paula Margraf shared, […]

Community Services for Children is proud to announce this years’ recipients of the 2nd Head Start Alumni Scholarship. This scholarship was designed to award graduating seniors who are pursuing higher education and previously participated in a Head Start program. According to the National Head Start Association (NHSA), children who participated in Head Start have continued […]

City Center Investment Corporation and Community Services for Children continue to grow and expand their successful partnership! Beginning in 2018, City Center, with the leadership of JB Reilly, President and CEO, made possible the first of its kind “Learning Hub” to allow Head Start of the Lehigh Valley to expand its programming, and serve 110 […]

What’s New at CSC… During the month of July, Head Start/Pre-K teachers will implement Summer Start, a summer program targeting current Head Start children who are transitioning to kindergarten in the fall. There will be ten classrooms located throughout Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, serving a total of 100 students. Children will attend four days each […]

Another area where partnerships shine at Community Services for Children is through the actions of our Board of Directors, and we are especially grateful for their guidance in these ever-changing times we are now faced with. We warmly welcome our new Chairperson of the Community Services for Children Board of Directors, Camie Modjadidi, as we […]

Community Services for Children is honored to welcome back Don Bernhard to the Board of Directors. Mr. Bernhard, of Allentown, served on the Board for over 20 years before joining the Board again last month.  He is currently the Executive Director of Downtown Allentown Community Development Initiative.  Previously, he was the Manager of Community and Economic […]