{"id":140135,"date":"2025-02-04T23:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T04:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140135"},"modified":"2025-02-04T23:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T04:09:33","slug":"exciting-changes-for-boutique-at-the-rink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140135","title":{"rendered":"Exciting Changes for Boutique at the Rink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\" align=\"center\"><i>New name, location and dates announced for 49<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year<\/i><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\">Allentown, PA \u2013 The Leadership Team of Boutique at the Rink, in coordination with the Cancer Support Community \u2013 Greater Lehigh Valley and St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network, are pleased to announce name, location and date changes to the event as it enters its 49<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year. Effective immediately, the event will be known as Boutique for Hope.<u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\">This new name truly encapsulates the support the event provides for all cancer patients, caregivers and their families in our Greater Lehigh Valley area. In addition, the event will now be held at St. Luke\u2019s SportsPlex (located at 4636 Crackersport Rd., Allentown). This new venue, a popular pickleball destination, offers significant indoor space, providing an air-conditioned and weather-protected environment for shoppers and volunteers.<u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Key Dates:<\/b><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Collections:<\/b>\u00a0May 19 through May 31 (excluding May 25 &amp; 26)<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Sale Days:<\/b> June 11 to 14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\">Boutique for Hope, which has been a cornerstone event since 1974, raised over $350,000 in 2024, supporting the Cancer Support Community &#8211; Greater Lehigh Valley, St. Luke\u2019s Cancer Center, and St. Luke\u2019s Hospice. Initially started by the wives of Bethlehem Steel employees, the event is now run by over 400 dedicated volunteers.<u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\">For up-to-date information, please visit our new website at\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/boutiqueforhope.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/boutiqueforhope.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1738800410365000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2TGzzW_3Nn1RjKQeEr08E9\">boutiqueforhope.com<\/a><\/b>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\"><b>About Cancer Support Community \u2013 Greater Lehigh Valley:<\/b>\u00a0The Cancer Support Community\u2019s programs help people affected by cancer \u2013 survivors, caregivers, friends and family \u2013 regain control of their lives, reduce stress and isolation, and restore a sense of hope for a better quality of life regardless of the stage of the disease or the type of cancer. Today, hundreds of people with cancer and their loved ones unite through our no-charge programs.<u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\"><b>About St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network:\u00a0<\/b>St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network is a non-profit, regional, fully integrated, nationally recognized network providing services at 15 campuses and more than 350 sites in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Schuylkill, Bucks, Montgomery, Berks, Monroe and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoNoSpacing\">For event questions or for information on volunteering, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@boutiqueforhope.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info@boutiqueforhope.com<\/a><span class=\"m_-6171296626211606010MsoHyperlink\">\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL on behalf of Cancer Support Community \u2013 Greater Lehigh Valley\u00a0 by:<br \/>\nSam Kennedy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New name, location and dates announced for 49th\u00a0year\u00a0 Allentown, PA \u2013 The Leadership Team of Boutique at the Rink, in coordination with the Cancer Support Community \u2013 Greater Lehigh Valley &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140135\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exciting Changes for Boutique at the Rink<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140136,"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-140135","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\/2025\/02\/boutque-at-the-rink.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140135"}],"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=140135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}