The 36th annual Community Days fair is underway at Municipal Park, Smith Lane and Laubach Avenue.

Hours are 6-10 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 5-10 p.m. Saturday. Ride specials and a bike drawing will be held Thursday and Friday.

A fireworks display will take place Saturday night.

The fair is organized by the Exchange Club of Northampton. Proceeds of the event will benefit the group’s charities.

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Atlas Cement Company Memorial Museum is open 1-3 p.m. the second and fourth Sundays of the month through September.

The museum is located at 1401 Laubach Ave.

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Northampton AARP Chapter 3915 will meet July 13 at Northampton Banquet and Event Center, 1601 Laubach Ave.

Doors open noon. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided.

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Nazareth Pallet will hold a Miller-Keystone blood drive 1-4:30 p.m. July 14 at its 800 Held Drive facility.

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Northampton Area Food Bank will be holding its annual Christmas in July food drive at Redner’s Warehouse Market, Held Drive, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 16 and 17.

Volunteers will have lists of needed foods at the doors to the market.

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The Joe Sommer Memorial Benefit will be held noon-8 p.m. July 24, rain or shine, at Tri-Boro Sportsmen Club, 21st and Canal streets.

Sommer was killed May 25. A 1985 graduate of Northampton High School, he continued his Konkrete Kids pride as a wrestling coach and mentor to many children.

The event is being organized by Lehigh Valley Community Benefit, of which Sommer was a part since the group’s start in 2010.

There is a fee to attend the benefit. Children 12 and under will be admitted at no cost.

A nonstop, escorted motorcycle ride, hosted by Pocono Harley Davidson, will kick off the event.

Highlights of the day include live entertainment by Social Call and Trick Stacy, face painting by Dazzling Doodles, a photo booth by Say Cheese and a performance by Huffy the Clown.

Proceeds from the event will be used as a wrestling scholarship in Sommers’ name as well as toward various Lehigh Valley charities.

For more information, visit facebook.com/lehighvalleycommunitybenefit.

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