VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Help in the Client Choice Food Pantry from 8:30 a.m. to noon for one or more days per month at Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank. Clients are very happy to have the assistance to select their food and placed in the bags. Training available. Minimum age 18 or 14 with adult. Contact Itza Castillo, 610-821-1332, aaefb1978@gmail.com.
Support the “Prepare with Pedro” program
and save lives presenting emergency preparedness education to youth in school classrooms and other settings. American Red Cross team member roles include presenter, presentation assistant, administrative support or presenter trainer. The 30-45 minute program follows Pedro the Penguin as he learns how to be prepared and take action during an emergency. Contact Danielle Dietze, 570-202-7954, danielle. dietze@redcross.org.
Help us light up Bethlehem with free concerts at the Levitt Pavilion this summer. ArtsQuest needs volunteers to pass buckets for cash donations, sell merchandise and greet guests with a smile. Minimum age 15 or 14 with adult. Contact Cory Stevens, 610-332-1370, cstevens@ artsquest.org.
Are you good with technology? Share your knowledge of cell phones, tablets, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Smart TV with the residents at Cedarbrook Senior Care & Rehab. As this technology is new to some of the residensts volunteers are needed to share their talents and a little time. Minimum age 16 or 13 with adult. Contact Kerry Magliane, 610-336-5684, kerrymagliane@lehighcounty.org.
Celebrating 42 years, the Museum of Indian Culture invites you to Pennsylvania’s oldest Native American Indian festival. The Roasting Ears of Corn festival is scheduled for Aug. 20 and 21. Areas of need are food stand, parking lot attendant, children’s activity area, trash attendant, floater, kitchen food prep helpers and cleanup staff. Four-hour shifts. Minimum age 16 with adult. Contact Pat Rivera, 610-797-2121, info@museumofindianculture.org.
Who doesn’t love to shout BINGO?
The residents at Phoebe Allentown love playing Bingo but some of them need a little extra assistance with finding the correct numbers on their Bingo cards. This activity is held 2:30-4 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Adults only. Contact Dorothy Pense, 610-794-5366, dpense@phoebe.org.
No Child Left Behind is an annual back-to-school event providing free haircuts, backpacks, and school supplies to local children in Easton. Third Street Alliance is collecting supplies until Aug. 15 and needs adult volunteers for the following activities: collecting backpack and school supply donations, picking up and transporting donations, stuffing backpacks, helping with social media outreach, and volunteering on the day of the event, noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 21. Contact Jenna Sentz, 610-438-9436, jsentz@thirdstreetalliance.org.
Tidy up the Grist Mill and Grim House for the fall flea market on Aug. 21.
The Whitehall Historical Preservation Society also needs general yard work to make the space presentable and other basic maintenance tasks. Shifts available 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Minimum age 16 or 14 with adult. Contact Alice Lieberman, 610-776-7280, whps@verizon.net.