{"id":109038,"date":"2021-11-15T22:21:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T03:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109038"},"modified":"2021-11-15T22:21:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T03:21:51","slug":"coopersburg-tree-lighting-returns-bigger-better-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109038","title":{"rendered":"Coopersburg Tree Lighting Returns Bigger &#038; Better than Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After having to shift last minute in 2020 to a \u201cdrive through\u201d tree lighting due to capacity mandates, the Southern Lehigh Chamber &amp; Coopersburg Fire Department are thrilled to bring back the annual tree lighting with more bells and whistles than ever! This event is a partnership between the Coopersburg Fire Company and the Southern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds benefit the fire company\u2019s life-saving equipment and the Chamber\u2019s local initiatives to support businesses and community organizations in the greater Coopersburg area.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday November 27, 2021 come to East State Street between the Fire Company (13 S Main St) and Borough Hall (5 N Main St) from 6-8pm for an evening of family-fun. The event itself is free to attend. There will be an ice sculptor on-site thanks to Hometown Pet Center who are sponsoring this fun aspect of the event. There will be hayrides by Hausman\u2019s Fruit Farms for a small fee of $5 for adults, $3 for kids and 3 and under ride free. A few craft vendors will be on site as well as local businesses handing out toys, craft kits, and facilitating kids activities.<\/p>\n<p>Lerch Photo will be taking pictures of kids with Santa Claus. There will be a suggested donation of $2 towards the Southern Lehigh Chamber\u2019s newly formed Scholarship Fund that will go to Southern Lehigh School District students pursuing further education upon high school graduation. A DJ will be on-site playing holiday tunes. The Coopersburg Fire Company will be facilitating a basket raffle and selling food for attendees. Olaf and Elsa will be joining us for a fun evening as well!<\/p>\n<p>At 7:45pm the Chamber and Fire Department will begin their program thanking sponsors and supporters. At 8pm Coopersburg Mayor Hovis will lead the audience in the tree lighting countdown!<\/p>\n<p>Executive Vice President of Affiliated Chambers Jessica O\u2019Donnell shares \u201cWe did what we had to last year and made the best with a drive-through celebration but we\u2019re more than thrilled to be back in action with our friends at the Coopersburg Fire Company. It\u2019s so meaningful to bring our community together during this holiday season to celebrate but also raise money to support the volunteer firefighters and bring awareness to our business community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from this event go towards the Coopersburg Fire Department and other local initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: Saturday November 27, 2021; 6-8pm; tree lighting at<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: 13 S Main St Coopersburg, PA 18036<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Santa\u2019s Hot Rod<\/strong> \u2013 Thrifty Car Sales<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toy Sponsors<\/strong> \u2013 Keystone Consulting Engineers, Thrivent Financial \u2013 Mackenzie Koziel, and Creekview Veterinary Hospital<\/li>\n<li><strong>Santa\u2019s Helper<\/strong> \u2013 Lehigh County Humane Society and City Line Construction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comfort Station<\/strong> \u2013 Wescoe Foundation for Pulmonary Fibrosis<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tree Lighting<\/strong> \u2013 The Goddard School of Center Valley, QNB, G&amp;T Autobody, Penn State Lehigh Valley, and Farmers Insurance \u2013 John JT Tsiouvaras<\/li>\n<li><strong>Craft Kit<\/strong> \u2013 Designing Wealth Management by Raymond James and JP Masacaro<\/li>\n<li><strong>S\u2019mores Kit<\/strong> \u2013 Center Valley Dental<\/li>\n<li><strong>Photographer\/Photography Sponsor<\/strong> \u2013 Lerch Photo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ice Sculptor<\/strong> \u2013 Hometown Pet Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>About the Chamber:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area.\u00a0 We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community development enterprises.\u00a0 With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nHayden Rinde<br \/>\nLehigh Valley Chamber<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; After having to shift last minute in 2020 to a \u201cdrive through\u201d tree lighting due to capacity mandates, the Southern Lehigh Chamber &amp; Coopersburg Fire Department are thrilled to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=109038\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coopersburg Tree Lighting Returns Bigger &#038; Better than Ever!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Coopersburg-Tree-Lighting-21.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}