Ripple Community Inc.

Join us on Saturday, June 22 as we welcome special guests from Whitehall Mennonite Church, who will help us throw a Christmas in June party! 🎄

Thank you to our friends at Penn Community Bank, who joined us yesterday for their day of service! Volunteers toured our Chew Street property and helped us tidy the flower beds outside, then they visited our Community Building Center and deep cleaned the building. We're so grateful for their impact and generosity. Thank you for your care of our community!

We’ve been busy little bees (or should we say butterflies 🦋) at RCI over the last few weeks! We’ve been caring for caterpillars who are becoming butterflies, planting flowers, and creating butterfly-themed art projects. Soon, we will announce the winners of our butterfly naming contest and release our friends to enjoy the freshly-planted garden.🪻🌻

Check out this fun event tonight at Hays Elementary!

The Hays Spring Carnival is tonight, and we could not be more excited! Come on out for an evening of fun from 5-7pm!

Valley Health Partners Community Health Center Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital Cohesion City of Allentown Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health

Join Pinebrook Family Answers on Saturday for their Family Block Party! Activities, food, and information on foster care and adoption will be available!

This week, RCI's Community Building Center celebrated something very special - community member and volunteer Paul's 80th birthday! If you've ever been to the community center you know Paul as our daily greeter. He welcomes every person who comes through our doors from Tuesday through Saturday and is like family to our community. Paul has been a part of RCI from the very beginning, and we were thrilled to celebrate this day with him. Happy birthday, Paul!

Our friends and partners at Community Bike Works are hosting the national Youth Bike Summit next month! This is an incredible opportunity for our young people. Who do you know who should go?

Community Bike Works We teach life lessons through bicycles. Join us!

Franklin Park neighbors - join us for tomorrow's community conversation!

Last week, our Community Building Center director Kristin Baxter participated in Wellness Wednesday. She was able to connect with other organizations and learn about resources in our community. Thank you to The Center for inviting us and we are looking forward to the next one!

Thank you to LVHN for visiting and for being partners in this work!

Last week we celebrated volunteer appreciation week by thanking our many kind, dedicated volunteers! We're grateful for the many ways our volunteers enhance our community.

Place matters! Thank you to Senator Nick Miller for joining us to learn about the ways we are collaborating in Franklin Park.

Thank you to our partners at ESSA Bank & Trust!

Reem has been at RCI as an AmeriCorps VISTA for a little over six months. In her time here, she's become an important piece of the RCI team and has built relationships with community members and worked on capacity building for RCI. Thank you for your work, Reem!

Welcome to the team, Kristin!

Earlier this week, our community members gathered to create art based on their idea of community. Here are some of their creations!

Thank you to Mary Ann Donut Kitchen for their generous donation of fastnachts! Our community members appreciated this special treat this morning😁

RCI will be open today! Stay safe in the snow everyone.

Even with the snow we are open today! Stay safe everyone.

RCI will be closing early tomorrow, 1/13. We will be open from 11-1 PM.

Meet pastor Charlene Smalls, an RCI Board Member and pastor at Ripple Church. We are grateful to have Charlene serve on our board and lend her skills as a compassionate community-builder. Thank you, Charlene!

Members from the team at Highmark Wholecare visit RCI’s Community Building Center to help community members with resources, answer questions about Medicare and Medicaid and assist if they are in need of health insurance coverage. They also provide valuable information about health and wellness. Thank you for being a partner in serving our community, Highmark Wholecare!

Meet Julie Huber, vice president of RCI's board of directors. Julie has served on the board since 2021 and demonstrates a true commitment to community and relationship-building through her work and volunteerism. Thank you, Julie!

Join us for some fun in Franklin Park this Saturday!

Bring your trunk and some candy to share with the Franklin park community!

Our Community Building Center is closed this week for staff development training. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Tuesday, October 17!

We’re celebrating national Good Neighbor Day! Good neighbors look out for each other, which is why RCI is dedicated to making sure we all have access to safe, healthy housing in Allentown. We can’t wait until we can welcome more of our neighbors into their new homes once we’ve completed construction at RCI Village West. For more information about our plans to add affordable housing to Allentown, visit our blog.

Housing provides the foundation for a healthy, connected life and vibrant neighborhoods. When asked what it means to be part of a community, one of our residents shared, “Show up and help out when we can. Give back to those in need and come together as a team.”

In case you missed it... — Ripple Community Inc. We have big news to share! The congregation of Emmanuel United Church of Christ has generously donated their beautiful property at 1547 W. Chew Street to Ripple Community Inc. On August 24th, more than 100 people gathered to thank Emmanuel UCC for their extraordinarily generous gift and to learn a