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As of 2020, there were 15.56 miles (25.04 km) of public roads in Pen Argyl, of which 2.77 miles (4.46 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 12.79 miles (20.58 km) were maintained by the borough. [4] Pennsylvania Route 512 is the only numbered highway serving Pen Argyl. It follows Pennsylvania Avenue ...
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
The library was established in 1990 and located in the library at Plainfield Elementary School. Later, the library moved to a classroom in the Wind Gap Middle School. Both spaces were donated by the Pen Argyl Area School District. In 1998, Lafayette Bank provided the building at 216 S. Robinson Avenue to the library. [3]
YMCA Philadelphia, also Greater Philadelphia YMCA was founded on June 15, 1854, by George H. Stuart, a prominent Philadelphia businessman and importer. The goal of the Association was to reach "the many thousands of neglected youth not likely to be brought under any moral influence by any other means."
Dally graduated from Pen Argyl Area High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Business from Lafayette College and earned his law degree from Villanova University School of Law. Dally served on the board of directors of the Nazareth YMCA, including a stint as president from 1995 to 1996.
The Slate Belt is a geographic region in Northampton County, Pennsylvania that is typically described as including Bangor, Wind Gap, Pen Argyl, and Portland. [1] The region is named for the historical prevalence of slate quarrying in the area.
The YMCA Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement A. Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary for the Albany YMCA. [5] The program motto, “Democracy must be learned by each generation,” was taken from a quote by Earle T. Hawkins, the founder of the Maryland Youth and Government program.
Deer Valley YMCA Camp is a YMCA summer camp located between Fort Hill, Pennsylvania and Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. It sits on 742 acres [ 1 ] of mountainous lands near Mount Davis , the highest peak in Pennsylvania , and includes 125-acre Deer Valley Lake .