Who We Are
Project Live Upper Perk is a grassroots organization, formed by representatives of the Upper Perkiomen Valley community in response to the growing number of individuals and families who are suffering from addiction/alcoholism.
Board President: Will Pike
Vice President: Mary Young
Secretary: Erin Sweed
Treasurer: Luanne Stauffer
Executive Director: Cathy Fried
Our Mission
Project Live will provide educational, social, preventative, and rehabilitative support to those affected by Substance Use Disorder in the Upper Perkiomen Valley. Moreover, we aim to strengthen the fabric of the Upper Perk Valley by making inter-agency cooperation the normal mode of operation to care for those in our services.
Financial Assistance
We will work to attain the financial means to bridge the monetary gap between what insurance companies or government assistance programs will cover for an individual to receive immediate and exigent treatment associated with substance use disorder. (This alone will save lives.)
Community Partnerships
Foster strong and everlasting community partnerships to better the quality of life of all person(s) suffering, in one way or another, from this disease, now and in the future.
Form Committees
We will form appropriate committees with members who either live or have strong affiliations to the Upper Perkiomen Valley in order to create strong social bonds and effectively do the assigned work of the committe.
Open A Business
Open a business (such as a used furniture retailer) in order to generate income for Project Live. The business would also provide employment to individuals who successfully graduated from the court’s diversion program and are in the process of being reintegrated.
Looking To Volunteer?
If you would like to give your time and talents, please contact us via email: projectliveuporg@gmail.com and indicate which committee you are interested in serving on:
- Funding
- Legislation & Courts
- Mentoring/Community Outreach & Marketing
- Prevention & Education
OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Luanne B. Stauffer
Occupation:
President, Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director, PerkUp Corporation
Community Organizations:
Project Live, Executive Committee
Perkiomen School, Board Member
St. Luke’s Hospital – Quakertown Campus, Board Member
St. Luke’s University Health Network, Board Member
Upper Perkiomen Valley Rotary Club, Charter Member
Upper Perkiomen Valley Regional Planning Commission
Schwenkfelder Church Publication Committee
Position within Project Live:
At-Large Member, Executive Committee
I am a member of Project Live because:
I’m thankful to live in a community that cares. Misuse and overdoses of opioids is a multi-layered health issue threatening the well-being of our small, rural community. Project Live is a healthy approach to strengthening our community.
Michael Tannous
Occupation:
Executive Director of the Upper Perkiomen Valley YMCA
Position within Project Live:
Executive Committee
Community Organizations:
Present Board member of The Open Link
Present Board member of the Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce
Co-chair of the Legislative Committee of the UPV Chamber
Present Board member of Finish The Mission – taking the Gospel to Nepal
Charter member of newly formed Upper Perkiomen Valley Rotary Club
Committee and organizing member of Upper Perkiomen Valley Young Life
Friend of Luanne B. Stauffer
I am a member of Project Live because:
Our YMCA facility and membership and staff have a great capacity to facilitate health and well-being in our community. It is our explicit mission as a Y to do this.
Moreover, many of the staff and volunteers of the Y are caring people.
Catherine Hummel Fried
Community Involvement:
Girl Scouts
Upper Perk Domestic Violence Task Force
Open Link volunteer
Upper Perk Ambulance Association Board Member
Upper Hanover Township Parks and Recreation
Upper Perkiomen Sportsmen’s Association
Montgomery County Camp Cadet
Position within Project Live:
Executive Committee Co-Chair
I am a member of Project Live because:
Every family has been touched in some way by this opioid crisis; mine included which resulted in a death. This is a difficult topic to speak openly about for fear of others’ judgments, criticisms, and rejections. I see individual devastation and irreparable damage to families due to addiction every day in the courtroom. There are so many barriers to overcome to get to the first level of sobriety and an even more difficult process of maintenance. Project Live is a gathering of a community to offer support, guidance, and understanding of the trials contributed to addiction; it is an opportunity for all community members to join together to defeat substance use disorder and its impact on society as a whole.
David Lintvedt
Community Organizations:
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pennsburg
Project-Live
Position within Project Live:
Chairman of the Community Outreach and Marketing Committee
I am a member of Project Live because:
I care about our community!
Addiction to drugs and/or alcohol causes lasting damage to the families, friendships, businesses and organizations that make up our community!
The disease of addiction does not discriminate, it can and does strike everywhere, leaving both the addicts and the people in their lives feeling lost, frustrated, alone, and unsure of where to turn for help and support!
As a person in recovery, and having known the challenges of having an Addict in my life, I wanted to share what I have learned about Addiction in order to assure those who are struggling know that they are not alone and that there is no shame in this illness!
Addiction is best faced together, as a community, like our community, the Upper Perkiomen Valley, where people have strong values and are committed making our home, a better a place to live!
