Lenape Valley Foundation’s Community Care Celebration raises more than $45,000

 Lenape Valley Foundation (LVF), a nonprofit provider of behavioral health services, held its Community Care Celebration awards dinner on Thursday, October 24 at The Warrington in Warrington, PA. The event raised more than $45,000 and recognized several individuals and organizations for their community advocacy.

Honorees included: Sharon Curran, retired LVF CEO, recipient of the Ed Knopf, M.D. Award; Barbara N. Lyons, Esq., a local philanthropist, community advocate and former LVF Board member, recipient of the Community Champion Award; the Bucks County Drug & Alcohol Commission, Inc., a nonprofit offering a comprehensive and balanced continuum of quality prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services for Bucks County, recipient of the Health and Wellness Champion Award; and the Village Improvement Association (VIA), a nonprofit committed to enhancing the health and welfare of the central Bucks County community, recipient of the Stakeholder Champion Award.

More than 130 people attended the event including Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick and State Senator Frank Farry who provided proclamations recognizing the outstanding contributions of each of the awardees to the community.

In addition to the awards presentation, the event also featured a cocktail hour, musical entertainment, a wine pull fundraiser and dinner. Top sponsors included Gorski Engineering, Inc., Fulton Bank and Good Stuff Thrift.

Proceeds will support the opening of the Bright Path Center, a new behavioral health crisis center in Bucks County. The center, which will be located in Doylestown, will greatly improve the environment and quality of care for children, adults and families who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Anticipated to open in 2025 and the first of its kind in Pennsylvania, the new crisis center will bring together under one roof all the components of crisis services that are now fractured across our system: mental health, drug and alcohol, intellectual disabilities and more, in an environment designed to deescalate the crises.

For more than 65 years, LVF has served people of all ages in Bucks County and the surrounding community through its more than 35 programs aimed at addressing challenges related to mental health, intellectual disabilities, and developmental delays. Operating two outpatient locations in Bristol and Doylestown, the organization provides an array of treatment options that help more than 14,000 people each year. Services include outpatient therapy, crisis services, case management, supports coordination, children’s services, and residential programs. LVF’s community-based model has flourished on the strength of families and familiar settings, the power of care delivered by compassionate professionals, and the courage of those we serve.

For more information regarding Lenape Valley Foundation and its services, please visit www.lenapevf.org or call 215-345-5300.