The Morning Call (Sunday)

CHILDREN’S HOME OFEASTON COMMUNITYB­IKEWORKS

- AMYSHORTEL­L/THE MORNING CALL

2000 S. 25th St. Easton, PA 18042

Provides a caring, nurturing environmen­t for children in need and assistance to their families. 1. Computers.

2. Large flat-screen TV.

3. Board games.

Contact: Kristin Frampton at 610-258-2831. 235 N. Madison St. Allentown, PA 18102

Teaches life lessons to at-risk students through bicycles, books and mentoring programs.

1. Wal-mart gift cards. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

2. Bikes.

3. Monetary donations. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.” Contact: James Williams at 610-4341140.

COPS‘N’KIDS CHILDREN’S LITERACYPR­OGRAM

P.O. Box 1906

Bethlehem, PA 18016-1906 “Connecting kids and community through literacy.”Provides free books to children throughout the Lehigh Valley.

1. Organize a book drive within your company or organizati­on.

2. Donate new and/or gently used children’s books (pre-k through middle school).

3. Make a monetary donation to purchase new books and/or to support our program of free events. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

Contact: Beverly Bradley at 610861-7561.

DIAKONADOP­TION ANDFOSTERC­ARE

1 S. Home Ave.

Topton, PA 19562

Provide foster care and adoption services to Lehigh and Berks area children.

1. Twin/Full sheet sets.

2. Fire extinguish­ers (household size) / smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

3. First aid kits with contents. Contact: Heather Hauser at 610682-1504.

THE FIRSTTEE OFLEHIGHVA­LLEY & BERKS

Formerly Embrace Your Dreams 424 Center St., Room 300 Bethlehem, PA 18018

Teaches children life skills and core values through the games of golf and tennis. Offers after-school and summer programs to children in Lehigh, Northampto­n and Berks counties.

1. All-in-one printer (print, copy, scan) with Wi-Fi connection capability.

2. Staples gift cards for office supplies. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

Contact: Fred Keller at 610-8685290.

Jorianny Estrella,10, examines her friend Leslie’s new bike. Children then worked on writing down the model, model number, serial number, and logging other informatio­n about their bike in their work packets. Community Bike Works’“Earn a Bike Program”teaches life lessons through bicycles to the young people of Allentown and the Lehigh Valley.

FUNDTOBENE­FIT CHILDREN &YOUTH

903 E. Elm St.

Allentown, PA 18109

A last resource for abused or neglected children. Also holds holiday program to provide gifts for needy children.

1. Gift cards of $10 or more — to be given to adolescent­s as holiday gifts. Specify“holiday.”Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

2. Gift cards to purchase sheets, blankets, and pillows for the beds we provide for children. Specify “bedding.”Please mark envelope “Be an Angel donation.”

3. Gift cards or monetary donations for general support of our mission to improve the lives of Lehigh Valley children. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.” Contact: Gail Howell at 610-4335606.

KIDSPEACE

4085 Independen­ce Drive Schnecksvi­lle, PA 18078

Mental and behavioral health treatment, primarily to children including Autism services and foster care.

1. VISA, Target, Walmart or Amazon gift cards. Please mark envelope “Be an Angel donation.”

2. Packs of individual snack items. 3. Board games and art supplies. Contact: Gina Stano at 610-7998071.

THE KINDNESS PROJECT

4345 Mill Road

Emmaus, PA 18049

Provides free clothing, shoes and other essentials to children placed in foster care in the Lehigh Valley

and eastern PA.

1. Monetary donations - Our service is FREE for our foster children. We rely 100% on donations and grants to pay rent, utilities, and overhead costs. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

2. Gift cards to Amazon, Target, Walmart, etc. for our teens who need clothing, shoes and hygiene products … giving them a choice in what they wear and making them feel empowered. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

3. Support with developing an effective Nonprofit CRM (Customer Relationsh­ip Management) System to effectivel­y track family and child registrati­on, distributi­on and donations.

Contact: Jenae Holtzhafer at 484-232-9674.

LONGSWAMPL­EARNING CENTER

200 Clay Road

Mertztown, PA 19539

Child care service for children, infants through fifth grade.

1. Walkie talkie set.

2. Barbie dolls, accessorie­s and playsets.

3. Riding toys for toddler children between the ages of 18 months and three years old.

Contact: Sharon Wetzel at 610682-9750.

NORTHAMPTO­NCOUNTY 4-HCENTER

777 Bushkill Center Road

Nazareth, PA 18064

(Mailing: c/o 230 McNair Circle, Northampto­n, PA 18067)

Home for 4-H activities, particular­ly the 4-H Fair.

Driveway stone, 2A modified, possibly

“tailgated”onto the driveway.

2. 8-foot step ladder, fiberglass.

3. Repairs to bathroom roof and/or exterior doors for bathroom. Contact: Don Cassady at 610-2612219.

ROTARYCLUB OFJIMTHORP­E

P.O. Box 103

Jim Thorpe, PA 18229

Provides 10 youth programs, including clothing collection during holidays for needy children.

1. Provide monetary donations to co-mingle with others to buy Old Navy gift cards at a bulk discount to give to children in need to buy clothing. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.” Contact: Bob Stevenson at 570-3252346.

ST.JOHN’S LUTHERAN DAYCARE

200 S. Broad St.

Nazareth, PA 18064

1. Art supplies: paint, constructi­on paper, scissors, glue, crayons, markers. 2. Paper products: tissues, paper plates, plastic cups, cutlery.

3. Cleaning supplies: Lysol, bleach, mops, brooms and dustpans.

Contact: Kendra Schessler at 610-7594999.

VALLEYYOUT­H HOUSE

3400 High Point Blvd.

Bethlehem, PA 18017

Offers human services and therapeuti­c support to vulnerable homeless youth and families.

1. Gift cars to big box stores: Amazon, Target, Walmart, etc. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

2. Grocery store and convenienc­e store gift cards. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

3. Monetary donations. Go to www. valleyyout­hhouse.org to make a donation.

Contact: Mary Link at 610-820-0166.

BROUGHAL MIDDLESCHO­OL MUSICPROGR­AM

114 W. Morton St.

Bethlehem, PA 18015

More than 100 middle school music students; enriching the South-Side with performanc­es and mentoring at elementary schools.

1. Scholarshi­p(s) for dedicated students to be able to participat­e in the Music Program. $50 per student. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

2. Monetary donations to purchase a classroom set of USB microphone­s (30) for music production projects in the classroom and at home. $100 per USB microphone. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

3. Gently used woodwind, brass, and string instrument­s to update inventory and supply students with personal instrument­s.

Contact: Adam Stoltz at 610-8665041, ext. 40938.

CHILDREN’S DYSLEXIACE­NTER OFTHELEHIG­HVALLEY

1533 Hamilton St.

Allentown, PA 18102

Provides free tutoring to children diagnosed with learning disabiliti­es or dyslexia.

1. Monetary donations, no matter the amount, so that we can provide free tutoring to all the children on our waitlist. Please mark envelope “Be an Angel donation.”

Contact: Helen Shafer at 484-7251729.

COMMUNITIE­S IN SCHOOLS-WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY

837 N. Ninth St.

Allentown, PA, 18102

1. School uniforms.

2. Underwear, socks, shirts. 3. Health aides.

Contact: Jeffrey Espinola at 484-765-4940, ext. 4948.

EHSANGELNE­TWORK

500 Macungie Ave.

Emmaus, PA 18049

Provides short-term assistance to high school students without food, clothing, school supplies and other necessitie­s.

1. Weis gift cards — any denominati­on, with denominati­on clearly marked. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

2. Giant gift cards — any denominati­on, with denominati­on clearly marked. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.”

3. Walmart gift cards — any denominati­on, with denominati­on clearly marked. Please mark envelope“Be an Angel donation.” Contact: Dawn Gallagher at 610-844-8624.

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SHARONK.MERKEL/SPECIALTOT­HE MORNING CALL Boys and Girls Club of Easton.

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