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It’s that time of year again. It’s nearly time for volunteers from Relay for Life of Greater Saucon Bethlehem area to paint Hellertown purple with bows that will be attached to poles along Main Street and other reminders of why their cause is important.
Art truly has the power to heal. That was the message behind a moving dedication ceremony held Monday in the Cancer Center Hope & Healing Room at St. Luke’s Anderson Campus in Bethlehem Township.
If you see a scruffy-looking police officer in Hellertown borough or Lower Saucon Township this November, there’s no need to call the ‘style police’ on them. The sight of facial hair on our normally clean-shaven local cops may be jarring, but it is all for a good cause.
One day recently spirit wanted me to put this on my affirmation board: ‘If nothing changes, nothing changes!’ I believe for those who feel stuck, this is for YOU! You are never stuck. It’s just an illusion.
The Saucon Valley High School Girls Tennis Team has made a donation toward the Art Cart at St. Luke’s University Hospital’s Bethlehem campus in memory of Erica Curtis, a woman who died at age 40 in May after a two-year battle with cancer.
Join Amy Campbell-Musser as she talks about her two-year journey with brain cancer. Learn all the techniques she uses to stay positive through difficult times, which have kept her from going into a depression.
A damp day didn’t dampen spirits at the American Cancer Society’s annual Greater Bethlehem Area-Saucon Valley Relay for Life event in Hellertown’s Dimmick Park, although it did result in a shorter-than-normal event.
Ask yourself, ‘What if I were to die today?’ Keep that in mind as you go throughout your days. It will make you more humble and kind as well as compassionate.
The Braveheart 5K: Run Brave for Brews will be held Sunday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. (packet pickup begins at 10 a.m.) on the Saucon Rail Trail and will benefit Amy Musser.
Friends and supporters of a Hellertown cancer patient have partnered with a local pub/restaurant to help raise money for her ongoing treatment and related expenses.