The Hellertown Lions Club recently presented Mountainview Moravian Church with a check totaling $1,500 for their Clothing Ministry, which distributes donations of new and gently-used clothing free of charge, no questions asked, to local families in need.
A local motorcycle group with a Saucon Valley connection recently donated $6,000 to pediatric cancer patients at St. Luke's University Hospital Network; funds raised by the group's June 4 Caring for Kids Ride from Keystone Harley-Davidson in Parryville, Carbon County, to the hospital's Anderson Campus in Bethlehem Township, where a family-friendly celebration featuring live entertainment, refreshments and a check presentation was held that afternoon.
A Bethlehem area tradition for more than 40 years, the 2017 Boutique at the Rink is a large-scale charity sale that will be held at the city's Earl R. Schaffer Skating Rink, 345 Illick's Mill Road, Bethlehem, Tuesday, May 30 through Saturday, June 3.
Backyard gardeners from throughout the Lehigh Valley donated 1.5 tons of produce through the Plant a Row program last year.
On Monday, April 3 the students of St. Michael the Archangel School in Upper Saucon Township gathered in the Hanlon Center gymnasium to help the needy of Burkina Faso.
