At our 2025 Annual Holiday Meeting, Morning Star Rotary presented a Paul Harris Fellow to Tom Carson, Executive Director of Victory House of Lehigh Valley. Tom has devoted his career to helping veterans experiencing homelessness find their own way.
Tom spent eight years in the Air Force and then came home to return to civilian life. He says it was a tough transition watching friends who had jobs, homes, and families. The GI bill meant college was an option, and he first attended Northampton Community College, then Penn State University-Lehigh Valley where he graduated in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation and human services (RHS) that would provide him with the foundation to pursue a career helping others.
Tom first started working at Victory House while doing his RHS internship. Since then, he has been promoted from case manager to program director to Associate Executive Director and finally to his current position, Executive Director, in 2022. We were pleased to be able to recognize his exemplary work with homeless veterans in our community by presenting him with a Paul Harris Fellow.