{"id":49802,"date":"2025-12-02T07:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49802\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T07:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T07:49:18","slug":"the-valley-ledger-its-all-about-the-lehigh-valley-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49802\/","title":{"rendered":"The Valley Ledger | Its All About The Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146416\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/turkey-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Over 1,200 Bare the Cold for Annual Thanksgiving Morning YMCA Pumpkin Pie 5K in Nazareth\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: Over 1,200 take off through the starting line of the 2025 YMCA Pumpkin Pie 5K in Nazareth on Thanksgiving morning. (Photo courtesy River Crossing YMCA)<\/p>\n<p>NAZARETH \u2013 \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146416\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146411\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ILL-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Illumination Weekly Promotions (Week of December 1st)\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Allentown, Pennsylvania (December 1, 2025) \u2013 December is here and that means the promotions at Illumination are heating up! Media are invited to come see some of the weekly promotions\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146411\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146404\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volunteer-LV.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sunday, November 30, 2025 | Current Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Help us bring extra smiles this holiday season by organizing a gift-card-drive for children in the community. All gift cards are in support of Holiday Hope Chests, a program coordinated\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146404\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146394\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ca-open-ad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Admissions Open House | Saturday, December 6, 2025\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) will hold an Admissions Open House event on Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 10 AM-12:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, prospective\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146394\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146388\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/smithy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Historic Bethlehem\u2019s Blacksmith Shop Announces Expanded Programming and Activities for 2025 Holiday Season\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: 1750 Smithy (Photo Credit Paul S. Bartholomew)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1750\/1761 Smithy Hosts Free Wassail Party for First Time on Nov. 28\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014Historic Bethlehem\u2019s blacksmith\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146388\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146386\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iron-pigs-logo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Over 2,000 Turkeys Donated During 2025 Bob Price Memorial Turkey Drive\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Frozen turkeys were then distributed for under-resourced families throughout the Lehigh Valley<\/p>\n<p>Allentown, Pennsylvania (November 26, 2025)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newbethany.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Bethany Inc<\/a>.,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.provident.bank\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Provident Bank<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146386\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146384\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_0981-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"KidsPeace\u2019s Healing Magazine Examines Opportunities for Youth, Staff and Caregiving Organizations in Mental\/Behavioral Healthcare\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SCHNECKSVILLE, PA (November 26, 2025)\u00a0\u2013 The latest issue of KidsPeace\u2019s\u00a0Healing Magazine\u00a0offers readers insights into opportunities for addressing critical needs in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146384\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146381\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/lvhn-meals.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"120+ Thanksgiving Meals Donated to Jefferson Health\u2019s Patients and Families\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley, Pa. (November 26, 2025)\u00a0\u2013Volunteers from a local non-profit delivered more than 120 Thanksgiving meals to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) families and pediatric\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146381\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146378\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/st-nick-interview.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Saint Nick of Bethlehem at Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema  With Daniel and Tammy Roebuck | Interview By: Janel Spiegel\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interview By: Janel Spiegel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saint Nick of Bethlehem at Frank Banko Alehouse Cinema <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With Daniel and Tammy Roebuck<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">SteelStacks <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> 101 Founders Way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bethlehem, PA 18015<\/p>\n<p>Today was quite \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146378\" class=\"read-more\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146372\" aria-hidden=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img width=\"672\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Theriputic-Haven-Creator.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Grounding with Gratitude (and God) | By: Vicky Alercia-Casella LPC\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Article by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/therapists\/vicky-alercia-casella-easton-pa\/170423?utm_campaign=TD_SHA_1_1&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_source=TDE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vicky Alercia-Casella LPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">November 2025<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Grounding with Gratitude (and God)<\/p>\n<p>There is always something to be grateful for. 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