LEHIGH VALLEY

COVID-19 RELIEF: In August 2020, Just Born Quality Confections committed an additional $100,000 donation to local organizations providing relief to community members who were disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Recently, the third-generation family-owned candy manufacturer iannounced that this contribution provided more than one million meals to nearly 16,000 families throughout the Lehigh Valley.

Just Born’s donation was divided between various organizations within the community and focused on those that provided access to food, shelter and education. Of the $100,000, the company invested $50,000 into the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley’s COVID-19 Community Response Fund, which aimed to strengthen safety-net services for those impacted by COVID-19. This fund, supported by 22 other funding partners and many individual donors, focused on strengthening food access, housing, income support and mental health services. The collaborative fund provided 65 nonprofits much-needed funding in the earliest days of the pandemic.

The remaining $50,000 was donated to additional non-profit organizations who provided food, housing and education access through a special grant process.