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The Fresh Market is inviting its one-million-plus Ultimate Loyalty Experience members to help make a difference the weekend after Thanksgiving by participating in its “Members Helping Millions” initiative–with the goal of helping to provide more than a million meals to people in need this holiday season.
At the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley’s Food Pantry, food is meticulously organized on shelves like in a grocery store, with color-coded charts in each section to educate visitors about making healthy choices. St. Luke’s University Health Network supports the pantry and other HCLV programs in a number of ways.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fountain Hill will host Community Days on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and everyone in the community is invited to come and have fun.
September is Hunger Action Month and The Fresh Market Inc. has announced that it is partnering with the nonprofit organization Feeding America in a nationwide campaign to inspire people to take action while raising awareness of hunger in the U.S.
Saucon Valley Soccer League is sponsoring an equipment “Size Up Day” drive for gently-used cleats and shin guards, which may be dropped off or picked up–free of charge–at the group’s Hellertown Community Day booth Aug. 20. The organization hopes to expand the effort to include other pieces of athletic equipment in the future.
The Saucon Valley Farmers’ Market is going to the dogs this Sunday. Literally. The weekly Hellertown farmers’ market will host a special dog-themed event, “The Dog Days of August,” featuring special vendors, demonstrations, raffles and much more.
The legacy of Brent P. Evans, a well-known East Coast snowboarder who was diagnosed with a rare type of stage IV non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2010 and later died from the disease, lives on through the work of the Carve 4 Cancer organization he founded.
If you’re someone who thinks teenagers today are unwilling to help others, 16-year-old Dana Passerman of Lower Saucon Township is on a mission that will prove you wrong.
Some enterprising and thoughtful Hellertown residents took advantage of the warm weekend temperatures to sell cool drinks as part of an Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser.
The National Museum of Industrial History recently announced that volunteer Anne Evans was honored with a 2022 Northampton County Outstanding Seniors Award on June 2. Presented by the Advisory Council of the Northampton County Area Agency on Aging, the award honors individuals who have contributed their time and talents for the benefit of others in the community through outreach, personal action, inspiration, public service, sports/educational efforts and civic humanitarian endeavors.
Thanks to the generosity of local gardeners throughout the Lehigh Valley, Plant a Row Lehigh Valley has donated over 43,000 pounds of produce to food-insecure families and individuals in Lehigh and Northampton counties.
