Emmaus Residents Less Generous, Report says

Study by The Chronicle of Philanthropy finds Emmaus area households give a smaller percentage of their income to charity than the national median.

People who live in the Emmaus area aren’t the cheapest of cheapskates but we’re less generous than many of our fellow Americans – for example, those in Salt Lake City, Utah. That’s according to a new report from The Chronicle of Philanthropy, which looked at the percentage of discretionary income Americans contributed to charity in 2008. That year, the typical Emmaus area household gave 3.5 percent of their income to charity, with the median amount of contributions per household at $2,008. That compared with a national median contribution of 4.7 percent. The Chronicle broke down communities by zip code and looked at the contributions of households in the 18049 zip code that made more than $50,000 a year. The Chronicle counted as …

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Whiz Kid

EHS Grad Teaches Tennis to Autistic Kids

He plans to work for NASA some day.

Name: Akshay Damany          School: 2011 Emmaus High School graduate and freshman at Lehigh University, Bethlehem. Accomplishment: He was named the District 11 Boys Tennis Scholar-Athlete of 2011. Key to Awesomeness: Akshay was one of 18 boys selected in District 11 for his achievements in tennis, academics and community service.  He finished the tennis season this year 11-3 at No. 1 in singles in the Lehigh Valley Conference.  Akshay was ranked as 12th in his graduating class of 662 students, with a GPA of 4.25. He started a charity organization teaching tennis to autistic children in 2010. It began with four students, and has now risen to nine. He will attend Lehigh University this fall and study astrophysics and aerospace technology as…

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