At RCI Village, we not only provide affordable housing, but we also create a community environment where neighbors get to know each other and we have fun. Getting to know your neighbors makes you feel safe, gives you a sense of belonging, and an opportunity for people to socialize who often feel isolated and alone.
We are always grateful to our college interns who come from various schools to lead activities for our community members. Whether it’s art therapy, chair yoga, hair cuts, or even taking blood pressure, we appreciate everyone’s gifts and how they can be used to benefit the community! We’re happy to have chair yoga back at the community center, thanks to our fabulous Muhlenberg College students!
This summer we had some great art therapy interns from Cedar Crest University who worked with our community members. We are thankful for interns and volunteers who are willing to use their skills and expertise to provide care and healing to our community members.
Art therapy provides a safe way to approach traumatic memories through the use of symbols and images. It integrates both the left and right side of the brain which helps individuals to express emotions, memories, trauma, logic and creativity; all while using your body.
At the end of the summer, we held an art show to display what our community members created!
RCI has received a $8,000 grant from the First Commonwealth “WE Thrive LV” Foundation Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation. These funds will be used to support our Community Building Center, which serve as a safe, welcoming, daytime space where our most vulnerable neighbors can find support, connection, and friendship. We continue to be grateful for unexpected partners that want to collaborate and do good in our community!
RCI has received a $2,500 grant from the PPL Foundation. These funds will be used to support our Community Building Center, which serve as a safe, welcoming, daytime space where our most vulnerable neighbors can find support, connection, and friendship. Thanks to the collaboration of our incredible partner organizations, our community members can also access a growing suite of critical services through the CBC’s Service Hub.
We are grateful for this new partnership with PPL, and for all they do to support our broader community!
Through strategic partnerships, the PPL Foundation supports organizations working to create vibrant, sustainable communities; promote diversity, equity and inclusion; and empower each citizen to fulfill her or his potential. The PPL Foundation contributes more to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations in eastern and central Pennsylvania. To learn more, visit pplcares.com.
