PRESS PHOTO BY SUSAN BRYANT

Janet Fricker, executive director of Bethlehem Public Library, Renee Haines, director of Allentown Public Library, and Jennifer Stocker, director of Easton Public Library were presented with checks totaling $22,500 for the purchase of a delivery van from Bernard Story, president and chief operating officer of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, a group of area philanthropists working to improve the quality of life in the Valley April 5 at the Allentown Public Library. The van will enable Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton public libraries to share library material between them more efficiently.