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 their free community meal 5-6:30 p.m. July 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 will hold a free food distribution from 2 to 4 p.m. July 8 and 22 for East Penn School District residents. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

Grace Lutheran Church will hold a Love Your Neighbor Fundraiser to help erase medical debt in our community 1 to 4 p.m. July 18 at the church. The event will include an ice cream social, bake sale and basket raffle.

The Macungie Farmer’s Market is open 4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays on Lumber Street, just off Main Street, Macungie throughout the summer. Updates can be found on the Macungie Farmers Market Facebook page.

Macungie Memorial Park will host 4th of July activities 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the park. There will be a petting zoo, bounce houses, water obstacle courses, face painting, cake walk, candy wheel, and cupcake walk. A kids parade with decorated bikes, wagons and strollers will begin at 10 a.m. The duck race starts at 11 a.m. behind the bandshell. The Macungie Band will play from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Macungie Pool.

There will be a backyard vendor Fair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11 at Macungie Memorial Park. There will be food, music, and shopping.

There will be a Cruise Night 2 p.m. July 18 at Macungie Memorial Park. Vehicles will start arriving at 2 p.m. and the music will begin at 4 p.m. Refreshments will be available. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

There will be a Toyota Takeover Show 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25 at Macungie Memorial Park. All Toyota makes and models are welcome. Admission is free with a donation to the Lehigh County Humane Society. There will be food trucks, a live DJ, vendor tents and free raffle giveaways. More information can be found on the Toyota Takeover Facebook page.

The 63rd Annual Das Awkscht Fescht, one of the country’s largest antique and classic car shows, will take place July 31 through Aug. 2 at Macungie Memorial Park. The featured cars this year are antique and classic race cars and motorcycles, featuring Donald G. Hawk. There will also be kids entertainment and activities, including face painting, bouncy house, jugglers, magicians, and petting zoo.

Gates will open at 6 a.m. for walk-ins and show cars can enter after 7:30 a.m. Juried arts and crafts vendors will be open 12 to 6 p.m. July 31; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 1; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 2. The flea market remains open until dusk. Musical entertainment continues until 10:30 p.m. on July 31 and Aug. 1 and until 3:45 p.m. Aug. 2. Food will be available for purchase. Outdoor Toy Town show will be in the park July 31 through Aug. 2. See the park’s Facebook page for more information.

New members are welcome to join the Macungie Town Beautification Committee. They meet at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Macungie Institute. Macungie Borough offices are open to the public. Hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information, call 610-966-2503.

Borough Council has in-person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. July 6 and 20 and Aug. 3.

The Macungie Park board of directors will next meet July 14 and Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. in the downstairs of Macungie Memorial Hall.

Lower Lehigh AARP will not meet during the summer. Their next meeting is 12 p.m. Oct. 8 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall at Macungie Memorial Park.

The Alburtis Seniors will not meet in July or August.

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

When Ben was young, one of his go-to gifts was a little handmade booklet of coupons — ideal for someone on a tight budget. I loved receiving them but rarely redeemed them. As I cleaned out a drawer recently, I ran across one of them. The coupons included “1 little favor,” “1 free bubble therapy when you buy 1” (not sure how much a bubble therapy costs), and my favorite, “1 free hug — must be happy first.” I’m hoping it’s not too late to redeem a few!

The copy deadline for the Aug. 5 column will be July 30.