Saucon Source (https://sauconsource.com/category/community/charity/)
An area homeless shelter has some bright new paint on its walls thanks to the generosity of a local business. On Thursday, June 6, employees of the Sherwin-Williams Company of the Lehigh Valley chose the Allentown Rescue Mission for their annual community paint project.
Five Saucon Valley seniors and a Panther soccer coach were selected to represent the Colonial League and participate in this year’s LVSSAF All-Star Classic against some of the best senior players who made their home in the East Penn Conference. Last Sunday, boys and girls teams from each league squared off in an afternoon of soccer competition on the turf at Salisbury High School.
The American Cancer Society-Berks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties announced last week that its 2nd annual Wings & Strings Festival will be held Saturday, July 27 from noon to 5 p.m. in Hellertown’s Dimmick Park.
The 1.8 million Pennsylvanians who depend on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will see an early payment. February benefits for recipients will be loaded onto electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards Friday and will be available for use by Saturday.
The businesses who donated to Saucon Source’s first “Lights for Food” photo fundraiser in December this week delivered separate donations to the two local food banks that were the recipients of the money raised.
ShelterBox USA, a global relief agency, received a substantial donation from a local service organization during a presentation held in the The Beam Yard Dining Room at Steel Club in Hellertown Friday.
As a community-related fundraiser, a Hellertown business is again planning to pick up Christmas trees curbside and take them to the Saucon Valley Recycling Center for disposal or to a local farm to be eaten by animals.
St. Luke’s Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery raised $10,500 for the St. Luke’s Cancer Compassion Fund for breast cancer during a fun-filled evening at the Event Center at Blue in Bethlehem Oct. 25. A check for that amount was presented Wednesday.
This Christmas season the Players of the Stage present the Charles Dickens classic ‘Oliver Twist’ (adapted by Joellen Bland) to benefit the Allentown Rescue Mission.
The weather was nearly perfect–sunny and crisp–for the second annual Brave for Brews 5K run/walk held on the Saucon Rail Trail in Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township Sunday.
Valley Youth House (VYH) announced last week that Saucon Valley resident Eric B. Luftig and Victaulic will receive the 2018 Spirit of Volunteerism Award from the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley.
