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Funding Announcement Guidelines - Round 6
Funding Request Application - Round 6

The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Foundation was established as a 501(c) 3 in Bethlehem, originally to raise funds for holiday decorations. Now that the Chamber has merged with other regional partners, the Foundation has also grown to strengthen all of its communities.  The Chamber’s charitable arm provides funding from the private sector and assistance from Lehigh and Northampton counties to directly support community development projects On Every Main Street in the Lehigh Valley.  Currently in its 5th round, almost $200,000 has leveraged over $4Million, over 100 projects in 18 communities..

The slideshow below highlights various projects that the Foundation has completed.

• MSLV Pour $50,000 to Support $2 Million in Projects (Round 5) - 7/28/12
• MSLV Funded Projects (Round 5) - 7/28/12
Borough Business Revitalization Program 
Hamilton District Main Street Program
• To make a tax-deductible donation, contact Lorie Reinert.
• To contact us, call (610) 739-1597 or visit us at 840 Hamilton St., Ste. 205, Allentown, PA 18101
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Thank you to our Donors:
• AFC Reverse Mortgage, Inc.
• Air Products
• City of Allentown
• Alvin H. Butz, Inc.
• Hank Barnette 
• Bennett Automotive Group
• City of Bethlehem
• Budd Agency, Inc.
• Caruso Benefits Group, Inc.
• The Chamber
• Coca-Cola Bottling Company of the Lehigh Valley
• Concannon, Miller & Co., PC
• John Conklin
• Nancy Dischinat
• Easton Coach Company
• Mr. & Mrs. Gregg & Cindy Feinberg
• Henriette Frey
• Marta Gabriel
• Handlon Business Resources, LLC
• Hayden Resources, Inc.
• Tony Iannelli
• John Yurconic Agency
• Rose Ann Kisilewicz
• Gina Kormanik
• Kressler Wolff & Miller
• Lafayette Ambassador Bank
• County of Lehigh
• Lehigh Valley Building Trades
• Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. (LVEDC)
• Lesavoy, Seitz & Butz
• Merchants Bank
• National Penn Bank
• Robert Noctor
• County of Northampton
• PPL Corporation
• Ron Rucker
• Graham Simmons
• Emrich Stellar
• Mike Stershic
• Stifel, Nicolaus, and Co., Inc.
• Susquehanna Bank
• Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc.
• Vision Accomplished, LLC
• Mary Ellyn Voden
• Matt Walsh
• Dawn Werkheiser
• West Side Hammer Electric



2012-2013 Board

Anne Baum - Chair
Capital BlueCross 
(610) 820-2700

Tony Iannelli - Chamber President & CEO
The Chamber
(610) 739-1513

Bob Bilheimer
LV Economic Development Corporation
(610) 266-6775

Edward P Bullock, CLU, ChFC
Edward P Bullock
(908) 454-2561

Lee Butz
Alvin H. Butz, Inc.
(610) 395-6871 

Bob Friedman
Aflac
(610) 398-3727 

John Hayes
AFC First Financial Corporation, Great Bear Financial
(610) 433-7486
 
Dale Kochard

Lehigh University
(610) 758-5801

Buddy Lesavoy
Lesavoy Butz & Seitz LLC
(610) 530-2701

Rodney H. Long
Prudential Patt, White Real Estate
(610) 751-6768

Walter Sanders
Sanders Brand Solutions
(484) 894-6768

Virginia Savage
County of Lehigh
(610) 782-3001