BY KAREN JENSEN PARRY

Special to The Press

Big hearted! Donations of nonperishable food items are wanted at Christ’s Church at Lowhill Food Pantry, 4695 Lowhill Church Road, New Tripoli.

Items most needed are any kind of cereal, oatmeal, breakfast bars, pancake mix, syrup, peanut butter, jelly, juices, soups, Ramen noodles, spaghetti sauce, canned fruits, pastas, beans, tuna, vegetables and meats.

Also needed are personal care products, such as tissues, toilet paper, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo and deodorant, etc.

Each donation is enormously appreciated and may be dropped off at the pantry 9-11 a.m. on the first Tuesday of every month and on the last Saturday of every month.

The next drop off dates are Oct. 6 and 31.

Please leave the items outside the pantry’s front door without entering.

For additional details or to schedule a specific drop off appointment, call food pantry Chairwoman Nancy Holbrook at 610-674-2440.

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Spread the word! On Oct. 17, Heidelberg Union Church, 5187 Irvin Road, Heidelberg Township, is having a “Heart and Soul Drive-Through” fundraiser.

This affair will take place in the church’s parking lot from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine.

Persons interested in helping those in need through donations and prayers may contribute in three ways­ - donating nonperishable food items, donations of cut or potted flowers and/or monetary donations at the joyful noise dollar/change drop.

Food donations will be given to the Northern Lehigh and Lowhill food banks.

Flowers will be given to local nursing homes and homebound residents who are feeling forgotten in these times of quarantine.

To donate flowers, park and leave your flowers at the cross garden and say a brief prayer or you can choose to drive your car in front of the cross garden and give them to a volunteer.

Joyful noise donations will go toward purchasing Christmas gifts for children in the Adopt-A-Child program.

For further information, call the church office at 610-760-4740 or email uccheidlptd.net.

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Labor of love! Heidelberg Church members Susan Bickert Linda Fritzinger are voluntarily making washable face masks available to members of Heidelberg Union Church for a donation to the church.

If interested, call Susan at 610-767-5782 or Linda at 610-767-9086.

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