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Nine area high school seniors were honored on Tuesday by the Bo Tkach Under the Helmet and Hat Foundation, each receiving $2,000 scholarships in memory of the late Northern Lehigh High School student-athlete. The students and their parents were the guests of honor at...

Notch Eight Craft House Restaurant and Bar, 107 Broadway St., Jim Thorpe, PA. along with the Notch Eight Running Club, held a 5K on 9-26-2022 donating all proceeds to the Bo Tkach Foundation. The event was held D&L Trail in Jim Thorpe, PA.

Blair Thomas is one of the lucky ones. The former Penn State running back recalled coach Joe Paterno telling him he’d never play in Happy Valley again if he repeated a fumble he made during a pre-practice warm-up his freshman...

My name is Billy Drake and I am doing a holiday food drive on behalf of the Bo Tkach Foundation for my Eagle Scout Project.  I have been collecting the food for the Palmerton Food Pantry at the Turkey Trot every year.  Since there is no Turkey Trot I thought we could...

Brett Snyder was a rugged, tough football player who was beloved by coaches and teammates at Northwestern Lehigh High School and Lehigh University, where he was a key figure as a fullback on Mountain Hawks’ Patriot League championship teams in the 1990s. But Snyder’s...

Not long after his son Michael took his own life in March, Roger Berger heard from someone who had been down the same path: Jim Tkach, co-founder of the Bo Tkach Foundation. Jim's son Bo committed suicide in 2007 after struggles with depression and...