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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

UPPER MACUNGIE: Township offering healthy habit program for young girls

BY SUSAN BRYANT

sbryant@tnonline.com

Upper Macungie Township is partnering with Girls on the Run Lehigh Valley to host a program for third- through fifth-grade girls 4:30-6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays March 21-May 21 at Grange Park Pavilions No. 1 and 2, 360 Grange Road.

This program is a combination of learning social-emotional skills with physical and healthy habits while providing girls a safe social opportunity to put them to use.

The End of Season 5k celebration will take place 10 a.m. May 22 at DeSales University, Center Valley.

Team sizes will be limited to the number of coach volunteers and will be offered first-come first-served.

Registration fees are based on household income.

Scholarships are available.

To register, go to gotrlehighvalley.org.

For more information, contact Jessica Younker, program manager, at jessica.younker@girlsontherun.org.

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St. John’s UCC, 1027 Church St., Fogelsville, will be having a Vince’s Food Truck fundraiser noon to 6 p.m. March 16 at Art’s Servicenter, 6661 Tilghman St., Upper Macungie.

For more information about this fundraiser, call the church office at 610-398-7015.

The Busy Bees of St. John’s UCC is having a hoagie sale in April.

Choose either ham or Italian with or without onions.

Hoagies orders are due by April 10.

The pickup date is April 20.

To order or for more information, contact Marilyn Roth at 610-395-3083 or Marge Cope at 610-395-0002.

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St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1028 Church St., Fogelsville, is hosting a community free dinner 5-7 p.m. on March 18.

For more information, call the church office at 610-395-5595.

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Ziegel’s Union Church, 9990 Ziegels Church Road, Breinigsville, will have its Spring Tea Party 2 p.m. March 20.

Traditional tea party food will be served.

A silent auction and raffle tickets will be available.

All proceeds with benefit the Christ’s Church at Lowhill Food Pantry.

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Kristin Folck at kristinfolck@gmail.com, Myrena Frantz at popnrocker25@yahoo.com, Kelly Lucarelli at kellylucarelli@yahoo.com, or Shana Hanna at shana.hanna@corteva.com.

The Mission Team will be accepting orders until March 20 for its crabcake fundraiser.

Choose from either 4 ounces of jumbo lump crabcakes or 6 ounces of breaded lump crabcakes.

Pickup is 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. March 27.

This fundraiser will support the Mission Team’s trip to work with Habitat for Humanity in assisting those who need to rehab their homes and those working to own a home.

To order crabcakes, call Lori at 610-573-9764.

For more information about these events, call the church office at 610-285-6157.