United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania

UNC welcomes Jane Oppenheim to Board of Directors

administrator — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:17:21 +0000

The Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania recently appointed and welcomed Jane Oppenheim as a new board member for 2012. Jane Oppenheim is a native of Scranton and a respected community leader, as well as a former member of the Board of Directors for SCOLA. Pictured (from l-r) are: Jack Foley, Rose Broderick, Jane Oppenheim, Michael Hanley, UNC Executive Director; and Steve Casey.

PNC Bank Funds UNC Homebuyers’ Club

administrator — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:57:28 +0000

PNC Bank has donated funding to United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania to support and continue its Homebuyers’ Club. The Homebuyers’ Club is offered six times throughout the year and is an educational tool that provides information and knowledge necessary to become a homeowner. Topics include budgeting, improving credit, home inspections, predatory lending and more. For more information about this program, please contact 346-0759. Pictured (l-r) are: Michael Hanley, UNC Executive Director, and Kevin Rogers, Vice President/Development Advisor of PNC Bank.

UNC’s Leaders in Training Host MLK Day Seminar

administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:35:27 +0000

On January 16, United Neighborhood Centers celebrated and took part in the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day held throughout the city of Scranton. Beginning at 1 p.m., children from the community, as well as our Progressive and Bellevue Childcare Centers, were led in a series of activities and programming by Jim Williams and youth from our Leaders in Training program. All of the activities focused on diversity and equality. At the end of the day’s programming, the youth at United Neighborhood Centers joined other members of the community in a march from the Progressive Center to the Courthouse downtown.

Members of the LIT program involved in MLK Day are (from left to right): Hypatia Smith, Mileeya Hines, Kristina Souza, Libby Sherman, Sarah Sites and Briana Shehadi.

South Side Youth to be Featured in UNC First Friday Event

administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:33:57 +0000

United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania and its Elm Street Revitalization Team, along with STAR Gallery, will be hosting “Visions of a Future: South Side” as part of February’s “First Friday” activities. On display will be over 20 pieces of art created by local South Scranton students from McNichols Plaza and South Intermediate, as well as from the community at large. The art was originally submitted to UNC as part of a design contest held for local youth to create their future vision of the neighborhood. Three winners were chosen by the South Scranton community. The Fortunes will also be on hand to provide musical entertainment. The event is open to the public.

EVENT DETAILS: Friday, February 3, 2012 at the STAR Gallery (second floor of the Steamtown Mall) from 6-9PM

Citizens Savings Bank Sponsors UNC Mardi Gras Celebration

administrator — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:29:08 +0000

Citizens Savings Bank recently donated $1000 to United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania towards sponsorship of the agency’s 12^th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration. The event will be held Friday, February 17, 2012 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel and will benefit UNC’s emergency food and clothing bank, Angel’s Attic. Tickets can be purchased by calling 346-0759 or at www.uncnepa.org/donate. Pictured are (from left to right): Michael Hanley, UNC Executive Director; and John Reuther, President & CEO of Citizens Savings Bank.

Local high school student aids “Angel’s Attic” with senior project

administrator — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:31:17 +0000

Miguel Rosa, a student at Old Forge High School, used his senior project to help benefit United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania. All participants in the NEIU-19 Victory Village Sports Challenge, recently held at the Riverfront Sports Complex, had to bring a non-perishable food item as an entrance fee. In total, over 80 special needs youth from the community took part in the event and all food collected was brought to Angel’s Attic, UNC’s emergency food and clothing bank. Pictured (from left to right) are: Joan Murphy, Special Education Teacher at NEIU; Pam Berg, UNC Emergency Services Supervisor; Miguel Rosa and Jill Moyle, UNC Assistant Community Services Director.

UNC Planning Committee Begins Preparations for 12th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration

administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:55:05 +0000

Members of the planning committee for United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s 12th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration recently met to begin preparations for the event. The event will take place on Friday, February 17, 2012 at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event will feature live music by Doug Smith’s Dixieland All-Stars, dinner and dancing, silent auction, gaming tables, fortune tellers and a chance to win a Grand Prize of a three day, two-night vacation at Cove Haven Resorts. The event will also feature celebrity dealers such as Sharla McBride of WNEP. Tickets are $65.00 per person and all proceeds benefit Angel’s Attic, UNC’s emergency food and clothing bank. For tickets, contact (570) 346-0759 or go to www.uncnepa.org/donate.

Members of the committee (from left to right) are: (Standing) Lisa Durkin, Deputy Executive Director and Michael Hanley, Executive Director. (Sitting) UNC Board Members John Foley, Dominick Carachilo and Betty Burns.

Christmas Toy Store provides gifts for local families in need

administrator — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:21:08 +0000

United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania (UNC) held their annual Christmas Toy Store giveaway to help families put presents underneath the tree for their children during this past holiday season. Toys were donated from community organizations and Toys For Tots. UNC staff and board members worked to distribute over 2,500 toys to 517 families in need. Pictured from left to right: Jill Moyle, Asst. Community Services Director; Lisa Durkin, Deputy Executive Director; Mary Endrusick, Community Services Director; Lou Shapiro and Jeffrey Rubel, UNC Board Members.

Spotlight Youth Theater Hosts “Jungle Book”

administrator — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:32:54 +0000

United Neighborhood Centers’ Spotlight Youth Theater group recently put on two performances of “The Jungle Book.” at the West Side Senior Center. The play was a huge success with ver 55 local youth involved both on the stage and behind-the-scenes. The group’s next performace will be “Willy Wonka”. Auditions are taking place in February.

For photos from the performance, click here.

7th Grade Student Wins Design Contest

administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:10:21 +0000

Sahara Wharton, a 7th grader at DePaul School in Scranton, recently won UNC’s Elm Street Design Project. Students from South Scranton were asked to design a photo about what they think the future of the neighborhood would look like or represent. Her winning image will be used as the new logo for the revitalization project.