Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church has taken a lead on responding to the needs of the borough during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The church held food giveaways at the 604 Fourth St., Catasauqua, church April 2, 8 and 16 and May 1 and 7.

The giveaways feature frozen meals made by the church parishioners. Pastor Brian Riedy asked church council to release some funds to help feed those in the community.

“This has been a great help to us,” said residents Margaret Meckley and Brian Wilson.

Most of the people who came by expressed their gratitude for the church’s effort.

“This is what we want to do as part of the community,” Riedy said.

Importantly, many of the people driving by the church stopped to make an offering. It is a great display of the compassion the people of the borough have for those who were trapped by the virus.

With the stay-at-home order and restrictions on groups, local restaurants moved to the take-away model as well.

Catasauqua has many pizza restaurants around with Pie’s On Pizzeria, Catty Pizza and Catty Corner Neighborhood Pub and Pie, plus Pizza D’oro in North Catasauqua.

Blondies is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is offering its famous cupcakes packaged in a mix-and-match container. Chad Gillespie has halupkies available along with a couple of other local favorites.

Fossil’s Last Stand is open 2-7:30 p.m. with curbside delivery. The complete menu is available. Call ahead for your order to cut down on waiting time.

Catasauqua’s newest restaurant on Bridge Street, Sazon Dominicano, has full family meals available. The Dominican menu adds a nice change of pace for palates demanding variety.

Tony’s Top Cat has a full menu available, and each meal is cooked to order.

La Herencia El Camacho has authentic Mexican food packaged. Everything is cooked to order, so call ahead.

Blue Monkey Restaurant and Pizzeria in North Catasauqua is also still open. Call ahead to order.