{"id":136905,"date":"2024-11-01T19:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T23:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=136905"},"modified":"2024-11-01T19:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T23:40:23","slug":"lehigh-county-hosts-community-outreach-holiday-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=136905","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh County Hosts Community Outreach Holiday Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Allentown, PA- <\/strong>On Saturday, November 23<sup>rd<\/sup> the Lehigh County Office of the Public Defender will hold its Community Outreach Holiday Dinner event. The free event will provide a variety of outreach services for struggling residents which include, but are not limited to; a free holiday dinner, free food to take home, free winter clothing, and information and resources on sealing criminal records, expungements, and pardons provided by the Pardon Project of Lehigh County.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the Lehigh Conference of Churches, Daybreak Center, 457 West Allen St., Allentown. Dinner will be served from 4:00 pm until 5:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Chief Public Defender Kimberly Makoul, Esq., the purpose of the Community Outreach Days is to implement a true holistic defense model to Lehigh County\u2019s client representation and to build a stronger presence in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Lehigh County residents have benefited from the Community Outreach Days since its first event on June 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021. More events are anticipated to be held. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Community Outreach Days, please contact Travis Pezzuto at 610-782-3750. To learn more about the Lehigh County Office of the Public Defender, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighcounty.org\/Departments\/Public-Defender\">https:\/\/www.lehighcounty.org\/Departments\/Public-Defender<\/a>. To learn more about The Pardon Project of Lehigh County, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pardonmepa.org\/lehigh\">https:\/\/pardonmepa.org\/lehigh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nPublic Information Officer<br \/>\nCounty of Lehigh, Government Center<br \/>\n17 S. 7th Street, 5th Floor, Suite 519<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighcounty.org\">www.lehighcounty.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allentown, PA- On Saturday, November 23rd the Lehigh County Office of the Public Defender will hold its Community Outreach Holiday Dinner event. 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