{"id":144118,"date":"2025-08-01T19:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T23:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144118"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T23:22:05","slug":"community-organizations-supports-students-by-hosting-free-back-to-school-festival-supply-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144118","title":{"rendered":"Community Organizations Supports Students By Hosting Free Back to School Festival &#038; Supply Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/school-supply-flyer.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-144120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/school-supply-flyer-580x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/school-supply-flyer-580x1024.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/school-supply-flyer-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/school-supply-flyer-768x1355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/school-supply-flyer-300x529.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/school-supply-flyer.jpg 808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Easton, PA \u2014 August 1, 2025<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<strong><em>On the Domestic Run<\/em><\/strong>, in partnership with\u00a0<strong>Angels of Easton Hands Helping Hands, The Covid-Tier Foundation Inc., Ky Kitchen and Posh Cove<\/strong>, is excited to host a\u00a0<strong>free Back to School Festival<\/strong>\u00a0for families across the Lehigh Valley. A day designed to help families prepare for the school year while enjoying a day of fun and community connection. It will take place on\u00a0<strong>Friday, August 23, from 2 PM to 7 PM<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<strong>1817 Meadow Lane Drive, Easton, PA 18040<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This free family-friendly event features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>pool party<\/strong> (participants must bring swimwear)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free food<\/strong> and <strong>kid-friendly activities<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>back-to-school supply giveaway<\/strong> for students in need<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In advance of the event, a\u00a0<strong>School Supply Drive<\/strong>\u00a0is running now through\u00a0<strong>August 20<\/strong>. Donations can be dropped at locations in\u00a0<strong>Allentown<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bethlehem<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Easton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requested supplies include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backpacks, K\u201312 sizes (new)<\/li>\n<li>Notebooks, pencils, pens, crayons, colored pencils<\/li>\n<li>Folders, binders, glue sticks, rulers, erasers<\/li>\n<li>Highlighters, index cards, scissors<\/li>\n<li>Hygiene products (toothpaste, deodorant, hand sanitizer, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Lunchboxes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any residents planning to attend are asked to register on our Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>All media are invited to attend. For more information or to schedule donations please contact:\u00a0<strong>Naomi Calzada, 610-653-8803 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:OnTheDomesticRun@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OnTheDomesticRun@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Drop off locations (please schedule drop offs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2008 clermont st Bethlehem pa 18017 &#8211; 6106538803<\/p>\n<p>715 elm st Bethlehem pa 18018 &#8211; 4842156338<\/p>\n<p>5 colonial ct Easton pa 18045 &#8211; 4849039998<\/p>\n<p>2048 w Washington st Allentown pa &#8211;\u00a0 6103491871<\/p>\n<p>620 Coal Street Easton PA (Leave at office manager)<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBen Stemrich<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easton, PA \u2014 August 1, 2025\u00a0\u2014\u00a0On the Domestic Run, in partnership with\u00a0Angels of Easton Hands Helping Hands, The Covid-Tier Foundation Inc., Ky Kitchen and Posh Cove, is excited to host &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144118\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Community Organizations Supports Students By Hosting Free Back to School Festival &#038; Supply Drive<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144119,"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-144118","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\/08\/back-to-school-8-23.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144118"}],"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=144118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}