Valley Wide Help Lists Area Organizations Offering Free Thanksgiving Meals, Food Baskets
News Release: November 17, 2004
Contact: Janice Osborne, Director-Communications and Marketing
(610) 865-4400, ext. 262
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 offering assistance to families this Thanksgiving holiday in Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties. For the most up-to-date information, call Red Cross Valley Wide Help at (610) 865-4400.
Following are the locations, dates and times for Thanksgiving holiday meals:
Allentown:
Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church (Everlasting Life Ministries), 224 North Sixth Street, Allentown; (610) 434-1477; Saturday, Nov. 20, 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
New Generation Day Care, 42 North Seventh Street, Allentown; (610) 434-2456; Friday,
Nov. 26 at 5 p.m.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 36 South Eighth Street, Allentown; (610) 435-9065;
Thanksgiving Day, from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Bethlehem:
New Bethany Ministries, 333 Fourth Street, Bethlehem; (610) 691-5602; Thanksgiving Day at noon
Trinity SK, 44 East Market Street, Bethlehem; (610) 867-4741; Thanksgiving Day, from noon-1 p.m.
Bowmanstown:
Faith Alive United Methodist Church, 678 Pine Street, Bowmanstown; (610) 377-1471 (ask for Marcia); Saturday, Nov. 20, from 1 p.m.-3 p.m.; Transportation available for Carbon County residents; call to reserve ride.
Easton:
Safe Harbor, 536 Bushkill Drive, Easton; (610) 258-5540; Thanksgiving Day, from
1 p.m.-3 p.m.; call to make reservation.
Trinity Episcopal Church, 234 Spring Garden Street, Easton; (610) 253-0792; Saturday, Nov. 27 at noon; no reservation needed.
Slatington:
St. John’s United Church of Christ, 15 South Second Street, Slatington; (610) 767-5554; Thanksgiving Day, from noon-2 p.m.
Tamaqua:
Tamaqua Salvation Army, 105 West Broad Street, Tamaqua; (570) 668-0410; Community Thanksgiving Day at noon; residents of Carbon and Schuylkill counties only.
Thanksgiving baskets are available for Northern Lehigh Food Bank clients only by calling Northern Lehigh Pastoral Association at 610-767-3401.
A printed list of this information is available in Spanish by calling Valley Wide Help.
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
4:30 p.m. After 4:30 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.
Valley Wide Help can be directly reached at: Allentown: (610) 435-7111; Bethlehem: (610) 691-8711; Easton: (610) 252-4357; Slate Belt: (610) 588-5512; Spanish: (610) 866-1089; TTY/TTD: (610) 866-0131.
The American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley serves more than 660,000 residents in Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon 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 or volunteer opportunities, visit www.redcrosslv.org.
