Fifty years of serving the community celebrated with honors, awards and a silent auction.
The NORWESCAP 50th year gala recently took place at Fiddlers Elbow Country Club in Bedminster, N.J., with over 250 guests participating.
An ice sculpture captured the spirit of the event. (Special to lehighvalleylive.com) The NORWESCAP video created by Flying Turtle Studios highlighted several of the 35,000 participants that receive services from NORWESCAP each year.
Program emcee Tim Cain helped showcase many of the successful partnerships that have helped the agency to continue to respond to the critical needs in the community.
Honorees included: ShopRite of Hunterdon, outstanding corporation; Steve Kalafer, outstanding community philanthropist; Pro Bono Partnership, outstanding community partner; - Jonathan Male, outstanding volunteer; Kressler, Wolff and Miller, outstanding local business; and Michael Perrucci Esq., honorary celebration chair.
The $150,000 that was raised will be used to create new programming and fill in needs for existing programs including the Food Bank, Head Start, and Early Head Start and Child and Family Resource Services.