Candlewood Suites Hazleton

09/25/2026

🏆 WE DID IT, HAZLETON! 🏆

Tonight, Candlewood Suites Hazleton by IHG was voted BEST HOTEL at the Standard-Speaker Choice Awards! 🎉

This award belongs to our entire team — front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, and management — who work together every day to make our guests feel at home.

But most importantly, thank you to our incredible Hazleton community. Your support, your votes, your kind words, and your continued trust in us mean more than you know. ❤️

We are proud to serve this community, proud to call Hazleton home, and proud to keep striving to be the very best we can be.

We do what we do because of YOU! 🏨✨

Pictured below: Amber Baysinger, spouse of Matthew Baysinger, Area Sales & Marketing, alongside Joshua Deininger, General Manager.

09/11/2026

Today, the flags at Candlewood Suites Hazleton fly at half-staff as we pause to remember the lives lost on September 11, 2001. 🇺🇸

Twenty-five years later, we still remember the nearly 3,000 lives taken far too soon, the first responders who ran toward danger, the families whose lives were forever changed, and the countless acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion shown on one of our nation’s darkest days.

Today is more than a date in history. It is a reminder to hold our loved ones a little closer, appreciate the freedoms we have, and never forget the strength that can come from standing together.

From all of us at Candlewood Suites Hazleton, we remember. We honor. We will never forget. ❤️🤍💙

08/28/2026

Another IHG hotel has completed the challenge!! Great job Holiday inn express White haven!

08/25/2026

🚨🧊 CHALLENGE COMPLETE! 🧊🚨

A HUGE shoutout to Holiday Inn Express Chambersburg, PA for stepping up, accepting the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and getting it DONE! 💙👏

Thank you for joining us in raising awareness for ALS and showing what can happen when the IHG family comes together for an important cause!

But we’re NOT STOPPING HERE! 👀🔥

📣 CALLING OUT MORE HOTELS!
Who’s ready to step up, get soaked, nominate the next hotel, and keep this challenge moving?! 🧊💦

Every hotel that joins helps spread the message even further. Let’s see how far we can take this, IHG family! 🌎💙

WHO’S NEXT?! 👀🧊

You can still donate here until September 30th 2026.

https://hzlcw-als-challenge.mbaysinger.chatgpt.site/

08/24/2026

💙🧊 **THE ICE HAS MELTED… BUT THE MOMENTUM CAN’T STOP!** 🧊💙

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at **Candlewood Suites Hazleton** was never meant to be just one event, one video, or one bucket of ice water.

**It was meant to start something.**

We took the challenge. We raised awareness. We raised funds. We made some noise.

**Now it’s time to KEEP IT GOING.** 💪💙

Every hotel we nominate, every person who accepts the challenge, every video that gets shared, and every donation made keeps ALS in the conversation.

Our challenge to everyone who has been nominated:

🧊 **Accept the challenge.**
💦 **Take the plunge.**
📣 **Nominate 2–3 others.**
📱 **Post your video and keep the chain moving.**

Don’t let the challenge stop with you.

We started this because people like **Michelle Yelland**, who is living with ALS, need all of us standing behind them. Until there is a cure, **we keep fighting, we keep sharing, and we keep the momentum going.**

One bucket becomes two.
Two becomes four.
Four becomes a movement. 💙

**WHO’S NEXT?! 🧊👀**

08/17/2026

🧊 Alright y’all… THIS JUST HAPPENED! 🪣💙

The VP of Operations with IHG Hotels just called me to let me know he officially completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge! 🙌

Now THAT is what stepping up looks like! 👏

It’s amazing to see people in leadership positions use their platform to bring awareness to something that affects so many lives. And the best part? You don’t have to be a VP, CEO, or anyone “important” to make a difference. You just have to be willing to step up. 💙

So here’s my challenge to YOU:

🧊 Take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
🪣 Tag your friends, coworkers, leaders, and teams
📢 Help spread awareness
💙 Or, if getting soaked isn’t your thing, DONATE! Every contribution helps support the fight against ALS.

We’ve already proven what can happen when people come together. Let’s keep the momentum going!

Who’s brave enough to be next?! 👀😂

Disclaimer: no one was injured in the making of this video.

08/16/2026

As we all know, the 🧊🪣 Ice Bucket Challenge was officially completed… BUT guess what?! The fight doesn’t end when the ice melts! 💙

Completing the challenge was just one step. The real goal is a world without ALS, and THAT is the fight we continue. 💪💙

Here’s a video of Michele Williams Yelland talking with our staff and giving them a real glimpse into what it’s like to live with ALS. Her strength, courage, and willingness to share her story are exactly why we keep showing up. 🥹💙

So let’s keep the momentum going! 🙌
If you’re able to donate, every dollar helps support the fight toward a future without ALS.

The ice may be gone, but the fight continues! 🧊➡️💙

If you can donate, you can do so here: https://hzlcw-als-challenge.mbaysinger.chatgpt.site

08/15/2026

Donations to the ALS Association accepted here

https://hzlcw-als-challenge.mbaysinger.chatgpt.site/

Folks in Luzerne County took part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Friday to honor a local woman battling the disease.

08/14/2026

🧊💙 CANDLEWOOD SUITES HAZLETON TOOK THE PLUNGE FOR ALS! 💙🧊

Today, our team officially took on the The ALS Association Ice Bucket Challenge as part of IHG Hotels & Resorts Giving for Good initiative — and WOW, was it COLD! 🥶😂

But those few seconds of freezing water were about so much more than having fun. We did this to raise awareness, start conversations, and stand beside everyone living with ALS. Every bucket dumped, every donation made, and every share helps keep ALS in the spotlight and brings us one step closer to the ultimate goal: a world without ALS. 💙

Of course, an Ice Bucket Challenge isn’t complete without passing it on… 👀

🚨 YOUR TURN! WE’RE CALLING YOU OUT! 🚨

🧊 Candlewood Suites/Holiday Inn Express BWI NE (Dual)
🧊 Candlewood Suites Annapolis
🧊 Holiday Inn Express BWI Airport N
🧊 Holiday Inn Express Chambersburg
🧊 Holiday inn express White haven

You’ve officially been nominated! Rally your teams, grab the buckets, load them with ICE, hit record, and help us keep this challenge moving across IHG! 💪💙

But we couldn’t stop there…

📣JIMMY TAYLOR — VP OF OPERATIONS AT IHG — THIS ONE IS FOR YOU! 📣

Jimmy, we’re taking this challenge all the way from Candlewood Suites Hazleton to the IHG Corporate Offices in Atlanta, Georgia! 🍑🧊

We’re officially calling you out!

The Hazleton team stepped up.
The ice was dumped.
The challenge has been made.

Now we want to see IHG leadership take the plunge! 👀🔥

Jimmy, grab the bucket, fill it with ice, rally the Atlanta team and show us how IHG Corporate does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge! 💙🧊

And when you’re done… keep it going and nominate the next person!

This is bigger than one hotel, one bucket, or one challenge. It’s about using our voices and the power of the IHG family to bring attention to a disease that desperately needs a cure.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED, IHG? 👀🧊💙

08/12/2026

A HUGE thank you to PaLive for sharing our story today and helping us continue to spread the word about ALS. 💙

Every story shared, every conversation started, and every donation made brings more awareness to this devastating disease.

Our goal is simple: we want a world where ALS no longer exists. A world where families don’t have to hear the words, “There is no cure.”

We can’t do it alone. Help us raise awareness, support those living with ALS, and keep fighting for a cure.

Together, we can make a difference. 💙🧊

Let’s fight ALS—one bucket, one donation, and one voice at a time!