The Allentown Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Dinner last night where the Joseph S. Daddona Awards were given out. Winners included the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix winning the New Commitment Award, the Allentown Brew Works winning the Downtown Commitment Award, the Civic Theatre of Allentown winning the Dedication Award, Pastor Bob Stevens of the Zion (Liberty Bell) Church winning the Good Neighbor Award and, six Allentown high school students winning Allentown Chamber Scholarships. Congratulations to everyone and sincere thanks for your commitment to our community.
Pictured here are the three Chamber scholarship winners from William Allen High School, Olivia Fey, Stephanie Lamb and Kimberly Gruber. There were another three amazing students from Dieroff High School who won similar scholarships. I, sadly, happened not to take a picture of them.
After meeting and talking with these young people, I have renewed hope for the bright future of Allentown (and the world). With young people like this, anything is possible! What bright stars they all are. These three will be attending Temple, the University of Pennsylviania and Cornell in the fall. Go get 'em! Make us proud!
4 comments:
Who is Joseph S. Daddona?
Also, those are some universities those girls will be attending!
Joe Daddona was a charismatic former Mayor of Allentown. I never met the man, but people say that he had an unsinkable spirit and was a tireless advocate of Allentown.
I had heard that William Allen High School generates a steady stream of scholars heading to Ivy League schools, but I had never met any until Wednesday evening. Good job Allentown School System. These kids are stars!
Thanks so much!
thanks so much!!
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