Grace Lutheran Church will offer its free community meal 5-6:30 p.m. April 10 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 free food distribution 2-4 p.m. April 8 and 22, for East Penn School District residents. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

There will be a K4K and Fur Mama Spring Craft Fair 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 at Macungie Memorial Hall in Macungie Park.

The first cruise night of the season will begin 2 p.m. April 18 at Macungie Memorial Park. Vehicles will start arriving 2 p.m. and the music begins 4 p.m. Refreshments are available. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

The Horlacher Chapter Spring Breweriana Show for beer cans and brewery advertising will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2 at Macungie Memorial Park.

There will be a Food, Wine and Craft Fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 2 at Macungie Memorial Park.

The Macungie Pool Flea Market will take place 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 9 at Macungie Pool in Macungie Memorial Park. There will also be bounce houses and a petting zoo. Applications for vendor spaces can be found on Macungie Pool The Fun Pool Facebook page.

Lower Lehigh AARP will meet noon April 2 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall at Macungie Memorial Park. The next meeting is noon May 7. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

The Alburtis Seniors will meet noon April 15 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 Macungie Farmers Market will open for the season 4-7 p.m. May 21 on Lumber Street, just off Main Street, Macungie. They are looking for vendors/artisans/crafters for the 2026 season. Applications are available at https://www.macungiefarmersmarket.com.

The Macungie Institute offers free weekly Pinochle and Mahjong Wednesdays. 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 https://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 Council has in-person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. April 6 and 20 and May 4.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting is 7 p.m. April 14 in the downstairs of Macungie Memorial Hall.

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.

I have worked as a freelance writer for the East Penn Press for over 30 years (where does time go?!). During that time, I have worked with four editors.

My longest association has been with our current, but soon retiring, editor Debbie Galbraith. Debbie started not long after our son Ben was born. I have to admit that I was a little cranky when one of her first acts was to call a staff meeting of all her writers and I had to find a babysitter.

Besides giving us the opportunity to meet all our cowriters, Debbie also handed out style sheets (which I still have) that laid out writing and labeling conventions. I appreciated the organization that she brought to the writing process as well as the personal touch when there were challenging things going on in my life.

Debbie, it has been a privilege to work with you the last 20 years. Thank you for your patience when I (often) stretched out those column deadlines to the last minute or beyond. I wish you all the best in retirement!

The copy deadline for the May 6 column will be April 30.