The Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley hosted its first Speed Networking and Community Connection Event for nonprofit organizations to meet potential board or committee members.

The Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley in collaboration with Association of Fund Raising Professionals and Leadership Lehigh Valley hosted our 1^st Speed Networking event hosting 35 nonprofit agencies and 50 participants at Penn State Lehigh Valley (Center Valley campus) on Tuesday, June 2^nd. The event was designed to foster relationships and make connections for community volunteers interested in serving on nonprofit boards and/or committees.

The event was designed around the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley’s Project Blueprint program which is a racial ethnic board leadership training program. The goal of the program is to coordinate graduates to serve in the community. The face to face opportunity to meet and talk to nonprofit organizations helps to facilitate those connections more expeditiously. The event was open to the community.

The event included networking and speed networking allowing participants to meet with 5-8 nonprofit agencies to learn more about their organization and to learn how their skill sets can contribute to the organization. We look forward to seeing the results of the event.

About Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley

The Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley is committed to educating, motivating and coordinating programs and services in promotion of engaging volunteers in our community. In 2014 alone, 20,000 volunteers were recruited to serve more than 300 agencies across the Greater Lehigh Valley, saving our community $57,382,673. Learn more at www.volunteerlv.org.