Morgenland Church, 3120 Weidasville Road, Orefield, is having its last picnic of the season from 3-9 p.m. Sept. 6. Rain date is 1-6 p.m. Sept. 7.

Festivities will feature cake walks, children's activities, raffles and plenty of mouth-watering munchies.

Country music band "Midnight Special" will perform 6-9 p.m.

Menu includes turkey and ham barbecues, hamburgers, sausage sandwiches, hot dogs, french fries, homemade desserts, ice cream and a huge assortment of candy.

There will also be a bake sale in the basement of the social hall at 3 p.m.

Morgenland will host its first basket social on Oct. 11.

Doors open at noon. Drawing will be at 2 p.m.

The social will include concession food, special raffles and a 50/50 drawing.

Donated baskets containing new items would be greatly appreciated to help with the event.

If you donate a basket you will get an extra 25 chances to win. Baskets must be received by Oct. 8.

For information, call Lisa Leshner at 610-349-6013.

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Members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 628, including Myah Brody, Shaiyan Feisal, Breanna Kemmerer, Madison Dennington and Hannah Horvath recently earned their Bronze Awards, the highest award earned by a Junior Girl Scout.

Spending more than 20 hours volunteering at food banks, distributing flyers and collecting donations for animal shelters; including bake sales and lemonade stands, the Juniors learned about the importance of helping the community.

Anyone interested in learning about or joining Girl Scouts for the fall season is asked to contact Michelle Kaschak at ejmlk@ptd.net or by calling 610-285-0352.

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Christ's Church at Lowhill Food Pantry, 4695 Lowhill Church Road, will be accepting donations and volunteers to stock shelves 9-11 a.m. Sept. 16.

Donations can also be made by appointment by calling 610-298-2054 or Nancy Holbrook at 610-674-2440.

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Barbara Kistler at lowhillfoodpantry@gmail.com.

Holbrook and volunteers at the pantry would like to thank the community for their generosity in preparation for the 2014-15 school year.

The pantry is collecting student-friendly snacks such as individual juice drinks, packaged crackers and granola bars.

Additional items needed for donation include: boxed cereal, canned tuna fish, canned chili, hearty soups, tea bags, coffee, pet food, laundry detergent, dish soap, paper towels, napkins, toilet paper, and household cleaners.

Monetary donations are used for purchasing milk, eggs and meat.

The Blessing Shop is collecting new packages of socks in children's sizes.

Donations can be brought to the food pantry or dropped off at New Tripoli or ESSA banks.

Anyone interested in donating to the Blessing Shop may call the food pantry at 610-298-2054.