Macungie Memorial Park is a self-supporting park. They rely on volunteers to help with the pool, playground, grounds and repair maintenance and overhead expenses. Volunteers help bring all the great programs to the park every summer. To volunteer, call Macungie Park at 610-966-4289.

Grace Lutheran Church will offer its free community meal 5-6:30 p.m. July 11 in the fellowship hall. Take-out meals are also available. Call the church office at 610-966-3325 for the menu.

Grace Lutheran Church holds a weekly free food distribution 2-4 p.m. Wednesdays in July: July 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 for East Penn School District residents. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

The Macungie Farmers Market is open 4-7 p.m. Thursdays on Lumber Street, just off Main Street, Macungie throughout the summer.

The Alburtis Seniors will meet noon July 16 at Church of the Good Shepherd, 135 Quarry Road, Alburtis. There will be a potluck buffet lunch followed by a meeting and bingo. There is a small charge. Bring a covered dish. For more information, call Doris at 610-966-3653.

The Lower Lehigh AARP will not meet in July or August. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

There will be a Backyard Vendor Fair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 12 at Macungie Memorial Park. There will be food, music and shopping.

Cruise Night will be 3 p.m. July 19 at Macungie Memorial Park. Vehicles will start arriving 2 p.m. and the DJ begins 4 p.m. Refreshments are available. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

Macungie pool is open; weekday hours are noon to 8 p.m.; weekend hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Toddler time is 11 a.m. to noon weekdays. The pool will close for swim meets 5 p.m. July 16. Swim lessons are available. Pool visitors must park outside the park grounds during Das Awkscht Fescht July 31 through Aug. 3. Parking is available in the ball fields off Lehigh Street. More information is available at www.MacungiePark.com.

The 62nd Annual Das Awkscht Fescht, one of the country’s largest antique and classic car shows, will take place Aug. 1-3 at Macungie Memorial Park. The featured car this year is the Chevrolet Camaro. There will also be kids’ entertainment and activities, including face painting, bouncy house, jugglers, magicians and petting zoo. Gates open 6 a.m. for walk-ins and show cars enter after 7:30 a.m. Juried arts and crafts vendors will be open until 9 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and until 4 p.m. Aug. 3. The flea market remains open until dusk. Musical entertainment continues until 10:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and until 3:30 p.m. Aug. 3. Food will be available for purchase. For more information, go to www.awkscht.com.

The outdoor Toy Town show will be inside the park Aug. 1-3 this year.

The Macungie Institute offers free weekly Pinochle and Mahjong Wednesdays in 2025. Pinochle is 10 a.m. to noon and Mahjong is 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Zumba with Rashida is offered 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays and 2-3 p.m. Tuesdays. For more information, go to www.macungieinstitute.com.

New members are welcome to join the Macungie Town Beautification Committee. They meet 6 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every other month at the Macungie Institute.

Macungie Borough offices are open to the public 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 610-966-2503.

Macungie Borough Council has in-person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. July 7 and 21 and Aug. 4.

Cash bingo is held weekly Saturday evenings at Macungie Memorial Park. Doors open 4:30 p.m. and games begin 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting is 7 p.m. July 8 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall.

It’s funny how a simple item triggers a flood of memories. When I started cleaning out my mother’s house, I brought Lydia and Caroline over to see what they wanted to keep. We opened the linen closet door and they both immediately dove for two matching blankets. They were the cotton blankets from about 25 years ago with various designs or, in this case, cats woven into them. I had planned to take them to Goodwill but hadn’t gotten around to it. They were the blankets my mother had gotten for the twin beds in the room where the girls stayed when they went to visit Grandma. Lydia and Caroline remembered.

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