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I would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to these wonderful organizations and people who helped WCHI recently:
Knights of Columbus Council #4050 (which covers Whitehall, Coplay, Northampton and Catasauqua) and Council #10921 introduced their first joint CORNHOLE Charity Tournament at Egypt Park on May 18th. This event was a huge success and 48 teams participated. The two councils split their proceeds. Council #4050 presented a $3,400 check to WCHI to be used for Pantry food. Council 4050 also has several members who regularly volunteer with WCHI: Gary Buschta, Bob Falkenstein, Tom Ganser, and John Halko. Anna Daumer, Whitehall WAWA Store Manager, has helped WCHI for many years. She provides WAWA bags for the refrigerator and frozen food items our guests select. Whitehall WAWA is also doing a Free Community Meal for WCHI on Tuesday, August 20th in the Social Hall behind our Pantry from 4:00-5:30 pm. Most recently, on both June 13th and June 20th, the store managers of the Lehigh Valley Region under Cody Lilly, Area Manager, volunteered and helped our guest’s select the food items they will eat in our Pantry; restocked our food shelves; and helped put the food in our guest’s cars. WCHI greatly appreciated and needed their help during both evening food distributions this month. The WAWA store Managers were from Union Blvd, S 4th St, and Gordon St, Allentown; Broadway, Fountian Hill; Schoenersville Rd, Bethlehem; and Hamburg. We greatly appreciate everything WAWA does for WCHI. WCHI has been feeding over 300 Whitehall and Coplay households; 1200 people monthly including children, adults and seniors. We are 100% volunteer based and really need more cleared volunteers to help us with the increase in Pantry attendance. Contact [email protected] for the Pantry. We also need help at our Pantry Garden. Gwen and her team have planted many vegetables and herbs that are given to our Pantry guests. Contact Gwen at 610-379-6823. School Community Service Hours are also available over the summer and during the school year at both our Pantry and Garden. We have three local Whitehall Churches who monthly take just one food item of the many WCHI requests, and their congregations provide that one item to us. First Presbyterian of Hokendauqua- all kinds of pasta; St John the Baptist Church - canned tuna; St Peter Roman Catholic Church - cereal. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church does a regular monthly food drive with all kinds of donated items. We can always use more cereal, any kind of pasta, spaghetti sauce (plastic jars) and peanut butter. Taylor Villas also does subdivision food drives for us. Would your business, subdivision, service club, or social club like to collect a specific item for our Pantry or do a Food Drive for WCHI? I also would like to once again thank all the “ANGELS” that provide food and monetary donations for WCHI that are dropped or mailed to my RE/MAX Unlimited office, 1080 Schadt Ave, Whitehall. If mailing a check, please make it payable to WCHI. WCHI is a 501C3 Public Charity. Your monetary donation may be tax deductible. Please check with your financial advisor. Thank you EVERYONE and have a great week!
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