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This weeks issue is brought to you in part by the Lehigh County Senior Center, DeSales University MBA program, and the God Will Change your Life Ministries of Greater Shiloh Baptist Church.

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Kevin Easterling

Founder & Publisher Lehigh Valley Black News Network

Come out and hear the candidates running for Mayor and seats on City Council for the City of Allentown, PA

Call (610) 797-1107 if more information is needed.

The Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Center (PA-MBDC) is operated by The Enterprise Center, which has been an award-winning business incubator for the past decade.

The PA-MBDC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce through the Minority Business Development Agency.

Our mission is to accelerate the growth of minority enterprises by increasing the number of minority firms capable of operating at a higher level of efficiency and profitability. Our goal is to have a significant impact on jobs and the creation of taxable wealth in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Please join us for lunch with noted business coach Franne McNeal and Sovereign Bank's Leilani Pettine. This luncheon will be all about business planning and financing.

If you're in business or thinking about starting one, you don't want to miss this one! Luncheon registration begins at noon and the program will begin promptly at 12:30 pm. You can RSVP by clicking on a link below.

To pre-register call (610) 694-9080

Join Ed for Breakfast 8:30am-9:30am at the Tea Pot Family Restaurant 1756 S 4th St in Allentown.

Got Swing? Ed Fore Allentown Golf Tournament Friday October 7th. Shepherd Hilld Golf Club 12:00pm. $100.00 per golfer Steak Dinner 6:00pm $50.00

Volunteer Day - October 8th 10:00 am-2:00 pm at Pawlowski for Mayor Headquarters. Have fun, make friends and move Allentown forward by volunteering to do Door-to-door canvassing, phone banking or clerical work. If you cannot make it on Oct. 8, please call the Ed Pawlowski for Mayor office at 610-434- 4531. We will find a time and volunteer opportunity that works best for you!

Volunteer Day - October 8th 10:00 am-2:00 pm at Pawlowski for Mayor Headquarters. Have fun, make friends and move Allentown forward by volunteering to do Door-to-door canvassing, phone banking or clerical work. If you cannot make it on Oct. 8, please call the Ed Pawlowski for Mayor office at 610-434- 4531. We will find a time and volunteer opportunity that works best for you!

“We Are More Than Conquerors” (Rom. 8:37) We Overcame By The Blood of Lamb And The Word Of Our Testimony Saturday, October 8, 2005 Schedule of Events 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Good News Home for Women Flemington, NJ, 1:15 p.m. – 2: 15 p.m. P.O.W.E.R. Impacting Your World Ministries Philadelphia, PA

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Lloyd C., 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Evangelist Aishah Bradley, Aishah Bradley Ministries, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.,Frank S.

Keynote Speaker At 7:00 p.m. at Greater Shiloh Church Pastor Derrick Johnson Joshua Harvest Wilmington, DE

This event is free to all. Food and beverages will be served. For ore information, call 610-252-5640.

• Monday, October 10 – Easton Area Campus
• Tuesday, October 11 – Lansdale Campus
• Thursday, October 13 – Comfort Suites, Hamilton Blvd Allentown, PA
• Saturday, October 15 – Center Valley Campus (Program begins at 10:00 am)

Unless other wise noted: Refreshments and Registration at 5:30 p.m. Programs begin at 6:00 p.m.

RSVP – 888-MBA-EXCEL Email: mba@desales.edu $50 application fee waiver when you complete and submit the MBA application at the Information Session

This movie won't be within 100 miles of the Lehigh Valley. Looks like a job for the 19th Street Theatre!

G.W.C.Y.L. is a Christian support group for recovering alcoholics and addicts. We share our experience, strength and hope with one another to help solve our common problem and to enhance our personal relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We use God's Word and the Twelve Steps of Recovery, believing that Scripture and the Twelve Steps are important healing tools. If we regularly apply these tools to our lives, we open ourselves to God's healing love and grace.

Monday Nights 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Greater Shiloh Church Shiloh Enrichment Center 548 Canal Street Easton, PA

Thursday Nights 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. St. Paul's Lutheran Church 8th & Walnut Streets Allentown, PA

For more information, call (610) 252-5640 or 610) 653-9494. Announcements:

Wedding Receptions, Office Parties, Holiday Parties, Corporate Functions, Picnics, Showers & Birthday Parties, Breakfast / Luncheon’s, Backyard Parties, Church Events, Anniversaries

What do Donovan McNabb, Michael Jordan and Colin Powell have in common? They’ve all been mentors. Men, you are needed to help boys in at risk situations! Several boys who are proud of their African American heritage have applied for a mentor, someone they can “look up to”, a trusted friend. Please consider taking a couple hours a week at your convenience to make a difference in a young man’s life.

Two personal mentoring programs, Aspires (in partnership with the Lehigh County Conference of Churches) for Allentown youth, and Roads to Success, for Easton youth, serve boys and girls enrolled in Communities In Schools stay-in-school programs for grades 6-12. Women mentors are always needed, too, but boys wait far longer to be matched.

To learn more about opportunities to mentor a student in search of guidance and friendship contact: Gale Siess (610) 402-3822; email siessg@cislv.org.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service FY 2006 Notice of Funding Opportunity Grant.

The third annual Spirit of Volunteerism Awards Luncheon, honoring local businesses who have demonstrated excellence in community service, will be held November 15, 2005 at the Hotel Bethlehem, 437 Main St, downtown Bethlehem starting at 11:30am.

Area businesses are invited to join the Business Volunteer Council in recognizing the importance of making a difference in the community by submitting awards nominations and also by attending the event.

Awards are presented for individual employee volunteering, for businesses (small, medium and large size area businesses will have the opportunity to be recognized) and an award is available to local nonprofit agencies that want to honor their community business partners. Co-chairs for this event are Linda Hamilton of Binney & Smith and Melissa Starace of Northampton Community College. The keynote speaker is Frances Hesselbein, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation) and board member of the Points of Light Foundation. The Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley is accepting award nominations and luncheon registrations. Nomination forms and luncheon registration information are available from the Volunteer Center’s website www.volunteerlv.org.or by calling the Volunteer Center at 610-807-0336. The deadline for nominations is October 3. Luncheon registrations are due by November 8. Cost per person is $40 or table of eight for $320 Sponsors and supporters of this event include: Air Products & Chemicals, Binney & Smith, Brown & Brown of LV, East Penn Bank, Gebhardt’s Trophies and Awards, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, Highmark Blue Shield, Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust, Northampton Community College, The Morning Call, UGI and Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley.

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Lehigh Valley Black News Network www.lvbnn.com is an informative eNewsletter designed to inform you about events and information related to the connection and inclusion of Black / African American communities throughout the Lehigh Valley and the State of Pennsylvania.

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