Red Cross Valley Wide Help Lists Thanksgiving Holiday Meals, Assistance in Tri-County Area
News Release: November 19, 2002
Contact: Janice Osborne, Manager-Media & Community Affairs
(610) 865-4400, ext. 262
American Red Cross Valley Wide Help, an information and referral service of the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley, has compiled a list of area agencies and organizations providing Thanksgiving holiday meals and other assistance in Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties.
For the most up-to-date information, call Red Cross Valley Wide Help at (610) 865-4400.
Carbon County
Tamaqua Salvation Army
(570) 668-0410
105 W. Broad St., Tamaqua
Community Thanksgiving meal from noon to 4 p.m.; residents of Carbon and Schuylkill counties only.
Lehigh County
Allentown Rescue Mission
(610) 740-5500
355 Hamilton St., Allentown
Thanksgiving Day brunch at 10 a.m.; dinner at 4 p.m.
Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church (Everlasting Life Ministries)
(610) 434-1477
224 N. Sixth St., Allentown
Saturday, Nov. 23; lunch at 12:30 p.m. and dinner at 3:30 p.m.
New Generation Day Care
(610) 434-2456
42 N. Seventh St., Allentown
Wednesday, Nov. 27; dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Northern Lehigh Pastoral Association
(610) 767-3401
Thanksgiving baskets for Northern Lehigh Food Bank clients only.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
(610) 435-9065
Fellowship Hall
36 S. Eighth St., Allentown
Thanksgiving Day dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Northampton County
New Bethany Ministries
(610) 691-5602
333 Fourth St., Bethlehem
Thanksgiving Day dinner at noon
Project of Easton
Safe Harbor
(610) 258-5540
536 Bushkill Dr., Easton
Thanksgiving Day dinner from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; call to make a reservation.
Trinity Episcopal Church
(610) 253-0792
234 Spring Garden St., Easton
Saturday, Nov. 30; lunch from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; no reservations needed.
Trinity Episcopal Soup Kitchen
(610) 867-4741
44 E. Market St., Bethlehem
Thanksgiving Day dinner from noon to 1 p.m.
American Red Cross Valley Wide Help is a free information and referral service offering direct provision of information about social and human services. Trained information specialists use a comprehensive computerized database of more than 2,000 referral sources to identify specific organizations that may be of assistance to area residents. Accessibility of information is ensured through the availability of six dedicated telephone numbers, bilingual services to Spanish-speaking callers and a text telephone system for the hearing impaired.
Calls to Valley Wide Help are answered Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. After 6 p.m. and on weekends, calls are answered through a voice mail system that offers a menu of referrals to address callers’ needs in an emergency situation. For non-emergencies, the voice mail system offers callers the option of leaving a message and requesting a return call.
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies.
The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves more than 660,000 residents in Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Last year the Red Cross provided health and safety education training and emergency relief services to more than 20,000 Greater Lehigh Valley residents.
For more information, call the Red Cross at (610) 865-4400 or visit www.redcrosslv.org.
