October News and Updates

October 26, 2022

Suicide Prevention Conference

-Last Chance to Register-

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

8:30 am to 1:30 pm

Join us for a half-day seminar aimed at providing current information and best practices in suicide prevention. Our renowned speakers will provide resources and answer questions that will be beneficial to all community members including professionals, educators, first responders, counseling and nursing professionals, family members, and more.

Featured Presentations Include:

Correlation Between Substance Use and Suicidal Behavior, presented by Dave Fialko, The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc.
Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Perception Is Everything, presented by Victor Armstrong, Chief Diversity Officer of RI International
Suicide Prevention in the LGBTQ+ Community, presented by David Yovino and Michael Gill, Bucks Support Services
Identifying Suicide Risk in Children and Teens, presented by Alexandra Pattison & Gabrielle Slifkin, Lenape Valley Foundation

Information & Registration

Grow With Us!

LVF is fortunate to have many long-term employees who have chosen to grow their careers with us!

Jennifer McGlinchey has worked in our residential programs for 14 years and recently shared more about why she works at LVF and what keeps her here and growing in her career!

Read the full article here >

Lenape Valley Foundation's Community Care Celebration Raises Over $30,000

Pictured left to right:

Kim Everett, Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership, Health and Wellness Champion Award Recipient

Alan Hartl, Ed Knopf, M.D. Award Recipient

Ed Hudson, Good Stuff Thrift, Stakeholder Champion Award Recipient

Helene Mathern, Community Champion Award Recipient

On Thursday, October 20, Lenape Valley Foundation (LVF) hosted its Community Care Celebration, a dinner and fundraising event to honor four key community members and LVF advocates.

Held at Hotel Du Village in New Hope, PA, the event raised over $30,000 to support LVF's array of services for the community. More than 130 people attended the event, which featured live music, a cocktail reception, a wine pull raffle, dinner, and awards presentation.

Notable attendees included State Representative Frank Farry, Senator Steve Santarsiero, LVF Board of Directors, LVF executive staff, community members, and donors.

View Event Photos

Special thanks to our event sponsors!

Hope Sponsor

Penn Wealth Planning

Help Sponsors

Good Stuff Thrift

Helene and Gary Mathern

Heart Sponsors

Jay and Sue Brodish

Brown & Brown Insurance

CKS Engineers

Sharon Curran and Jeff Kinzer

Doylestown Health

Anne and Jeff Ferguson

Friends Hospital

Alan Hartl and Catherine Chambliss

Inservco Insurance Services, Inc.

George and Barbara Karr

Dr. Edwin R. Knopf

Kreischer Miller

Barbara N. Lyons

Marshall Grezlak Financial Planning

Bob and Geri McMullin

NFP

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish

John and Adelaide Skoutelas

Drs. Mary Ann Venezia and Michael Buxbaum

Hands Sponsors

Patricia G. Bitzer

Marianne Chabot

Flo Smerconish Cohn LLC

Marshall Financial Group, Inc.

Mechanical Solutions Associates LLC

Marjorie Morgan

Paul and Michelle Murray

Porter Family Contracting

Rubin & Bedame, Attorneys at Law

Webster Law

Wright Flooring Company, Inc.

Donors Needed for Holiday Assistance Program

Join us to help over 500 low-income community members celebrate the holiday season!

Ways You Can Help!

"Adopting" a Person/Family:

Be matched with a person or family and receive a wish list of needed items. Purchase, wrap, and donate gifts and deliver them to LVF so we can give them to people in need.

Monetary Donation:

Donate by credit card or check to support this program and the people it benefits.

Gift Card Donation:

Donate gift cards of any amount to local grocery stores, Amazon, Walmart, and Target. Gift cards are given directly to those benefiting from this program.

Deadline: Please contact us no later than November 4 if you plan to donate to this program.

This ensures we can help as many people as possible this year!

People served by LVF interested in benefiting from this program should contact their LVF therapist/case manager to discuss further. Suzanne Rhodeside is only the contact for donors and potential donors.