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CHARITABLE GIVING CASE AFTERMATH

Activist asks LVHN to endow fund

Alan Jennings wants network to increase
its charitable giving through support of behavior
health services in the Lehigh Valley.
By Sam Kennedy
Of The Morning Call

The legal inquiry into Lehigh

Valley Health Networks charitable giving may be over, but a
prominent community activist is
still hoping to persuade the network to redirect more of its
surplus revenues to charity.
Citing an abject inadequacy
of behavior health services nationally that he described as a moral
failure of historic scale, Alan
Jennings has called upon LVHN

Court, urging it to fulfill its

long-standing obligation to review
LVHNs charitable giving. The
petition was successful, forcing
the network in November to
explain its policies before the
Orphans Court, a division of the
Court of Common Pleas that has
jurisdiction over nonprofits.
This month Lehigh County
Judge Brian Johnson accepted
Lehigh Valley Health Networks
account, issuing a one-sentence
order stating simply that it was
approved. In an opinion posted
separately, Johnson said Youngs
argument that the Orphans Court
has the authority to evaluate the

to use its profit to help to create a

$40 million fund which, in turn,
could support local efforts to assist
those with psychological problems.
Jennings, head of the nonprofit
Community Action Committee of
the Lehigh Valley, said his proposal was inspired by information
that came to light during a justconcluded court case.
Last year, retired Lehigh
County Judge Robert Young of
Upper Milford Township submitted a petition to the Orphans

Alan Jennings,
executive director
of the Community
Action Committee
of the Lehigh
Valley, wants
officials at Lehigh
Valley Health
Network to do
more to support
mental health
care in the
Lehigh Valley.

DONNA FISHER/
THE MORNING CALL

Please see LVHN NEWS 4

CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY

JOY FOR JOHNSON, CLEVELAND

CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP

MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP

One year after his gut-wrenching three-putt on the final hole to finish second in the 2015 U.S. Open, Dustin Johnson, left, shot a final round 69 Sunday at Oakmont to claim this years
U.S. Open, his first major championship. Later in the day, LeBron James (holding championship trophy) and his Cavaliers teammates ended Clevelands 52-year championship drought
by beating the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. With tears in his eyes, James celebrated the championship he sought when he returned to Cleveland two years
ago. It was the first time an NBA team has come back from a three-games-to-one deficit to win the title.

COVERAGE IN SPORTS

INSIDE
NEWS

SUMMER PROGRAMS

Grants to help high school

seniors get job experience
Teens will get a week of
training and six weeks for
work in one of four areas.
By Michelle Merlin

Feds to release
shooters talks
with police
The Justice Department
today will make public some
conversations between
hostage negotiators and the
shooter in the Orlando
massacre, Attorney General
Loretta Lynch said Sunday.
Theyll reveal Omar Mateen
discussing his motivations
for the rampage and pledging allegiance to terrorist
groups, Lynch said. News 7

Of The Morning Call

High school students across the Lehigh Valley can collect more than just
sunshine this summer. They can collect a
paycheck, and with any luck will start on
a career path.
Grants from the Lehigh Valley Workforce Development Board will help 140
rising high school seniors who qualify for
free and reduced lunch find jobs with
local employers. The grants will provide
a one-week session on workplace professionalism followed by six weeks of work.
The nonprofit is providing between
$300,000 and $400,000 for the initiative.
Participating students will earn $8.50 an

Hopefully, it not only

affords them some extra
money, but provides
them with opportunities
that reflect on what it is
they want to do with
life.
John Reinhart, Easton Area School
District superintendent

hour through their respective programs.

The jobs program aims to show
promising students the opportunities
theyll have once they get out of school.
Please see JOBS NEWS 4

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