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The COVID-19 pandemic has weighed heavily on many in the community, and especially on the families trying to keep their heads above the financial waters while suffering from painful diagnoses. If COB can raise $50,000 this year, it will have raised a total of $1 million for 65 families. With your help, that goal will be achieved.
The wait has now come to a close for high school fall athletes as far as voluntary workouts on campus are concerned. Granted, there will be many restrictions including social distancing requirements, temperature screenings and limited use of the facilities, but this is the first step on the long road back to normalcy in high school sports. Designed using two-week intervals, Saucon Valley’s four-phased plan will begin on Monday, June 29.
One way you can help keep kids busy–and spread some good vibes–is with a simple craft project. For example, make an encouraging sign on poster board, or even printer paper, for passersby to see. Then hang it in a front window. Or, blow some bubbles!
The longer Washington dithers, and supermarket owners ignore the pleas of their workers for protection, the more employees will continue to become sick. The time to allow all grocery store, convenience store and other frontline food supply chain employees access to vital PPE is now.
Our children now more than ever are looking to parents for calm amid the chaos. Show them that you are taking steps to keep them safe. Tell them that you love them—now and always. The message you want to convey is, “I am doing my best to care for you and everyone we love.”
Providing meals for food-insecure families, assisting with equipment or Internet access and offering mental health counseling have all meant success in their goal for robust, continuity of learning. It allowed our children to get back to class and on a productive school schedule.
In a matter of weeks the pandemic has changed how we live our lives, but is that only a bad thing? We don’t believe it has to redefine us completely, so we asked Saucon Source readers to share something positive they have done or experienced as a result of staying at home or slowing down and found that many people have “silver linings” to share.
In today’s uncharted waters we must learn to rely on ourselves, our community and our government. The sad part of these three truths is that not everyone is on the same page.
On Feb. 6, The Morning Call published a front-page article titled “How is community affected by LVHN, St. Luke’s rivalry?” The answer is simple: Competition has made both health systems in the Lehigh Valley better and benefits the entire community in many ways.
Dewey Fire Company’s new president, Gail Nolf, wants the Hellertown community to know rumors that the company is closing are untrue. Nolf will provide borough council with an important update Monday at 7 p.m. at Hellertown Borough Hall. The community is invited to attend.
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you how beautiful the Lanark area was. It’s all highway and merging interstate lanes now. It’s a place you don’t look at. It’s a place you just want to get through alive and forget.
