Save the Date! 2025 VOICE for Children Celebration! Friday April 4, 2025 – 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
2025 Voice for Children Award
PennAEYC recognizes the critical role advocacy plays in high-quality early care and education settings and celebrates those who speak on behalf of Pennsylvania’s children and the early childhood profession. Community advocates are critical to ensuring all Pennsylvania children get the start that they deserve in school and in life. As the voice for early care and learning, community advocates are an invaluable component to assuring all Pennsylvania’s children get the start they deserve in school and life
The VOICE for Children Award is the only statewide award in Pennsylvania recognizing early care and education professionals, who are not paid advocates, that go above and beyond their daily work in the field by being grassroots leaders through advocacy and public policy efforts, The VOICE Award celebrates not only individual award recipients, but the early childhood profession.
The winners will be honored at the VOICE for Children Award Reception and Dinner on Friday, April 4, 2025, at the Hershey Lodge, 325 University Drive, Hershey PA.
Registration is now open for the 2025 VOICE for Children Celebration
Voice for Children Award Celebration
Friday, April 4, 2025 from 5:30 pm-8:30 pm
Hershey Lodge, 325 University Drive, Hershey PA 17033
Event Fees:
Early Bird: January 13 – Feb 28, 2025
Regular Registration: March 1 – March 22, 2025
Event Schedule:
Friday April 4, 2025 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
- 5:30 PM to 6:30 pm Reception with a selection of light hors d’oeuvres and a cash beverage bar will be available
- 6:30 PM to 8:30 pm VOICE for Children Awards Dinner and Program
See Hotel and overnight accommodation information below
We are honored to celebrate the accomplishments of professionals who have demonstrated outstanding dedication and commitment to advocating for high quality early learning opportunities in Pennsylvania.
Congratulations to the 2025 VOICE for Children Award Honorees
Mrs. Lesely Crawford
VOICE for Children Honoree
Executive Director and Educator, ABK Learning and Development Center Pittsburgh
Sonya Geisinger
VOICE for Children
Student Honoree
Owner/Operator Sonya Sue Geisinger’s Family Daycare Coopersburg
Eva Wood
VOICE for Children Honoree
Executive Director Ligonier Valley Learning Center, Inc Latrobe
Congratulations to the 2025 VOICE for Children Distinguished Career Award Honoree
Distinguished Career Awardee
Gail Nourse, MSW Consultant and First Director of the Pennsylvania Key
Congratulations to the 2025 VOICE for Children Vision Award Honoree
Accepting on behalf of the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce
Read Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce Bio
Robert S. Carl, Jr
President and CEO
Samantha M. Chivinski
Executive Vice President
Overnight Hotel Options,
Make it a weekend in beautiful Hershey, PA.
Book your hotel reservation before March 7, 2025
Phone In Reservations/On-line:
Online Reservations: Dedicated reservation link for the Voice for Children Event https://www.hersheylodge.com/qr/CJ4HRWM8QE/ Important notes about the link: This link must be shared exactly as I have listed it for you with your group. If you click on the link and then copy a URL from the browser, the link will not work for group attendees.
Attendees who prefer to speak to a Reservation Agent have the option to call the Hershey Lodge Reservation office at 855-729-3108, and ask for the room block for the PA Assn for the Education of Young Children, April 04 – 05, 2025. Attendees will identify themselves as part of PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN’s group and must provide their name, type of room, check-in and check-out dates and special accommodation requests.
Your Group’s Room rate is: $219.00 per room per night plus 11% taxes **Credit cards are charged a one night’s advance deposit including tax at time of booking a room reservation.
We are excited to share the 2025 Basket Raffle line up! Bring your cash!
Watch for more baskets coming soon!
$150.00 Lakeshore Gift Card
Baking Basket
Erie’s Finest Basket
Hershey’s Chocolate Basket
Learning Beyond Paper Movie Night Gift Basket
Let’s Have Game Night Basket
Penn State Basket
Rao’s Pasta Basket
Show Me the Money (Money/Lottery Tree)
Take a Break, Coffee & Tea Basket
Threads of Creativity Basket
Troeg’s Basket
The more you buy the more you save!
$2 each, $25 for 15 tickets, $40 for 25 tickets
We raise over $1,200 in our 2024 basket raffle! Thank you for your support! Be sure to bring CASH to join the 2025 raffle fun!
Interested in a 2025 VOICE for Children Celebration Sponsorship?
For information on how your company can support and sponsor PennAEYC events please contact Rose Snyder rsnyder@pennaeyc.org or call 717-635-9026 ext. 300
Voice for Children Celebration Sponsors
2025 VOICE for Children Platinum Sponsors
2025 VOICE for Children Gold Sponsors
2025 VOICE for Children Silver Sponsors
2025 VOICE for Children Bronze Sponsors
2025 VOICE for Children Hero Sponsors
2025 VOICE for Children Supporters
Colortech Creative Solutions
First Start Partnerships
Kaplan Early Learning Company
Lakeshore Learning
Lehigh-Northampton Chapter of PennAEYC
PDO at PASSHE
Pennsylvania Key
Schreckengaust Associates
The Learning Lamp, Johnstown PA
For information on how your company can support and sponsor PennAEYC events please contact Rose Snyder at rsnyder@pennaeyc.org or call 717-635-9026.
Thank you to all who attended and sponsored the 2024 Voice Awards!
View photos on Dropbox here.
Visit our Archives for Past Awards
VOICE for Children Vision Award Archives