Tamaqua Adult Day Care

The Tamaqua Area Adult Day Care Center held its August board meeting last week. A new director was welcomed by the board. There are four new clients being processed to join our center. September will see the center switch to Meals on Wheels to provide clients with healthy, balanced meals during their daily stay.

The chicken or beef fundraiser dinner scheduled for Sept. 16 has been canceled. The fundraiser service provider (A&C Catering) informed us the chicken is not available at this time. We are grateful for the notice and look forward to rescheduling the dinner. Anyone who purchased a ticket can stop by the center for a full refund or call 570-668-6556. The center is planning a pie sale for the Thanksgiving holiday. More information on the pie sale will be published next month. If you have an adult day care need, stop by the center at 801 E. Broad St. for a tour. Our staff will be glad to answer questions and provide information.

American Primitive

Sunday worship service at 10:30 a.m. at American Primitive Methodist Church. The service is available at www.tamaquachurch.org and www.facebook.com/PMChurchTamaqua. There will be no Sunday school until further notice.

Hope in the Mountains Nar-Anon Family Group meets at 57 Hunter St. If you have questions or are interested in attending, contact Mark at 570-952-5098.

Tamaqua Seniors

The Tamaqua Senior Citizens met on Aug. 12 with 26 members in attendance. The president opened the meeting with the reading “Joys of a Summer Day.”

Anthony Zahora was showered with birthday wishes.

The group met on Aug. 19 with 26 members in attendance. The meeting was opened with the reading “Summer’s Gold.”

A majority vote decided that the group would move their banking business to M&T Bank in Tamaqua due to the closing of the Santander Bank Tamaqua branch.

The group meets every Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Coaldale Complex. Anyone 55 or older is invited to attend.

Diaper Depot

Diaper Depot, the free diaper ministry at Zion Lutheran Church in Tamaqua, is accepting new clients for its Sept. 18 distribution.

You must be a resident of the Tamaqua Area School District and make a request at www.ziontamaqua.com by Sept. 1.

You will be given an appointment time for the Sept. 16 distribution.

The first time you pick up diapers, you must present a birth certificate for the child or children and some type of proof of residence.

Diaper Depot is a community pantry of the Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank.

Calvary Lewistown

Aug. 27 is the start of the 108th Lewistown Valley Annual Campmeeting. The schedule for the week is:

Aug. 27-28, services at 7 p.m.; Aug. 29, Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., worship services at 10:25 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Aug. 30-Sept. 4, services at 7 p.m.; Sept. 5, Sunday school at 9:15 a.m., worship services at 10:25 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Labor Day Monday services at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Food will be available for purchase this day.

Other activities include: Sept. 5 concert by River of Grace at 2:30 p.m. and Sept. 6 concert by Mended Heart at 2:30 p.m.

Fundraiser

Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program of Berks County is hosing a native tree and shrub sale. This is an online only, preorder sale. No plants will be sold at the pickup location. Orders will be accepted through Aug. 31. Pickup will be Sept. 24, 3:30-6:30 p.m. at the Berks County 4-H Center, 1206 Welfare Road, Leesport. Visit http://tinyurl.com/2021MWSTreeSale for a complete list of trees and shrubs available.

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