{"id":144318,"date":"2025-08-11T19:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T23:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144318"},"modified":"2025-08-19T17:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:10:04","slug":"community-organizations-seek-donations-for-backpack-and-school-supply-drive-to-support-local-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144318","title":{"rendered":"By Hosting Free Back to School Festival &#038; Supply Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Easton, PA\u00a0<\/strong>\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>Saturday, August 23, from 11 AM to 3 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 free <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 backpack 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>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBen Stemrich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easton, PA\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 a\u00a0free Back to School &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=144318\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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":144432,"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-144318","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\/backpack25.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144318"}],"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=144318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}