How to Update Your Mailing Preferences
Here are the instructions for updating your profile for our mailing lists. At the bottom of every email that we send through Constant Contact (our email program) and contained within the footer of the email at the very bottom of the page is a section that looks like this: This is an example, only! You cannot click the yellow highlighted words and expect anything to happen because it is an image. The actual link is contained within the footer of the email. When you click that link you will see a screen that confirms you want to update your preferences. When you click the Submit button an email will be generated and arrive in your inbox. Follow the instructions in this email and when prompted, select the mailing list or lists that you would like to receive email from.
Race Bandit Policy Adopted
The LVRR Board of Directors has adopted a Race Bandit Policy which is now in effect. A race bandit is any runner taking part in a race without the permission of the race directors, which can include but is not limited to joining the race field without registering, or running with another runner’s bib on. Lehigh Valley Road Runners has adopted the following policy in regards to runners banditing any and all of our events: Race bandits will be banned from all LVRR events for a period of one year. If caught wearing a bib that is not your own, both parties will be banned from all LVRR events for a period of one year. By turning a blind eye to this ongoing problem we are in effect condoning this behavior. For the past couple of years we have allowed bib transfers and race deferments for the St. Luke’s Half…
2017 Scholarship Recipients Announced
Lehigh Valley Road Runners would like to announce the 2017 recipients of the various scholarship that the club offers. The awards will be presented on Wednesday, July 5th at the next Summer Series 5K. Lehigh Valley Road Runner Scholarship – Available to two young women and two young men for $4,000 each. Hailemichael Geiger – (Parkland H.S.) [DeSales to study Nursing] Ivan Korpics – (Bethlehem Catholic H.S.) [Mount Saint Mary’s to study Sports Management and Marketing] Sydney DelVecchio – (Parkland H.S.) [Rider University to study Elementary Education] Allyson Yanega – (Southern Lehigh H.S.) [Dickinson to study Biology] LVRR Club Scholarship – Available to a senior female or male high school child whose parents are LVRR members in good standing for 3 years or more for $2,000. 2017 – Olivia Bellito (Nazareth H.S.) [Attending Chestnut Hill College to study Communications]. Ed Thompson Memorial Scholarship – One $2000 scholarship awarded to an…
Club Philanthropy
A question was recently asked of the LVRR, “Where does my entry fee go?” Perhaps it is the fault of the Club that we should better communicate where our finances go. Let’s consider that we, you the Club, endows seven scholarships each year, add to that the huge amount of grants that the Club provides to various youth groups, not to mention the stipends doled out to the organizations that provide service that helps the half marathon function. Thrown on top of that, we have to place the cost of our free Youth Run and Kid’s Series that has thousands of participants. The figure is not just blown smoke but is concise. Every penny can be accounted for. In 2016, the total amount of club philanthropy was $92,000.
Scholarship Awards Presented at Summer Series
LVRR scholarship committee members presented the award winners with their checks following Wednesday’s 5K. Again, we would like to thank all of those who applied and wish you the best of luck in your college endeavors. LVRR Club Scholarship Recipients: Lauren Drabenstott, Brooke Shaffer, Devon Vogel LVRR Scholarship Recipients: Kevin Lapsansky, Katie Bacher, Calvin Schneck, Mikayla Stoudt (not pictured) Ed Thompson Memorial Scholarship Recipient: Ryan Paradise
LVRR Awards $24K in Scholarships
Lehigh Valley Road Runners is pleased to announce our 2016 scholarship recipients. As always, it is a daunting task to sieve through the high quality applicants and select our winners each year. This year proved no different. We wish all of our applicants a successful college career as you embark on this new chapter in your lives. We will present the awards to our recipients at our July Summer Series 5K on Wednesday, July 6th. Ed Thompson Memorial Scholarship ($2000) Ryan Paradise – Ryan will be attending Lehigh University to study Engineering. Nicole Reinhart Memorial Scholarship (($2000) No recipient in 2016. LVRR Club Scholarship ($2000) Devon Fogel (Notre Dame Green Pond) – Devon will be attending Moravian College to become a physical therapist. Lauren Drabenstott (William Allen) – Lauren will be attending New York University and is considering studying environmental science. Brooke Schaffer (Emmaus) – Brooke will be attending Penn State…
Half & Half 26.2
Lehigh Valley Road Runners is pleased to announce a new partnership with Runner’s World Half Marathon. Together, we present the Half & Half 26.2. Participants will run the St. Luke’s Half Marathon on April 24, 2016 in Allentown, PA and the Runner’s World Half Marathon on October 16, 2016 in Bethlehem in order to complete the marathon distance. Finishers will receive a unique, quality hoodie. Results will be announced at the Runner’s World Half award ceremony next October. Registration for the event is now open. This inaugural event will be open to the first 250 runners to register. Runners can sign up here: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/LehighValley/HalfandHalfMarathon More information can be found here.
2015 Scholarship Recipients
With twenty applicants our job was very tough this year. How do you whittle down the list from the highly intelligent and talented pool of teens who will undoubtedly go on to do great things in the years to come? It wasn’t easy and we take the decision-making very seriously. We wish all of our applicants the very best as they enter their college careers. Here are the recipients of our seven scholarships for 2015: Lehigh Valley Road Runner Scholarship ($4,000 annual scholarship awarded to eligible students with Lehigh and Northampton counties who run track or cross country) Angelina Biondo (Penn Argyl) – She will be attending DeSales University majoring in nursing. Shaina Palmer (Freedom) – She will be attending Johns Hopkins University majoring in biomaterials engineering. Alex Fitch (Liberty) – He will be attending Misericordia University to become a physician assistant. Andrew Shaffer (Bethlehem Catholic) – He will be attending Embry…