Concourse Club

The Palmerton Concourse Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. John's Evangelical Church, 2915 Fireline Road Palmerton.With holiday decor packed away, maybe the house is looking a little bare.Award-winning designer Dolores Baker of Decorating Den Interiors in Walnutport will offer ideas on how to put some sparkle back into our homes.Holy TrinityHoly Trinity Lutheran Church, 502 Lafayette Ave., Palmerton, will hold worship services at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m.The Finance Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday. The church office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.Holy Trinity will be participating in the Lehigh Valley Plunge for special Olympics. The event will be held Jan. 17 at Scott Park in Easton.Registration is from 8:30-11:45 a.m. A plunge safety briefing will be held at 11:45 a.m. and plunge time is at noon.For more information, contact plungepa.org, or call the church.Paws of HopePaws of Hope, kids read to dogs, will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday.It is free, but parents must preregister for a time slot at the Palmerton Area Library by calling 610-826-3424.Friends of the LibraryFriends of the Palmerton Area Library will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the library.Everyone is welcome.Successful Blood DriveMiller-Keystone Blood Center's Dec. 30 blood drive at the First United Church of Christ in Palmerton drew 62 registrants, and 50 units of whole blood and 8 fractions were collected.This visit was sponsored by Larry and Charlene Graver, Bernice Kleintop, Jerry Behler and Lorraine West, all in memory of Jean Behler.The following donors reached gallon levels: Thomas Davies, 25 gallons; Patricia Johannes, 6 gallons; Barry George, 5 gallons; William Hayes, Mildred Kistler, Harold Reinheimer, and Lisa Vignone, each 4 gallons; Pamela Andrews, Cathy Balk, and Aaron Steinmetz, each 1 gallon.Each blood drive requires a large number of volunteers to make it successful.Those who took part in this drive included Pam Andrews*, George Ashman, Mary Beth Beers, Romaine Biege, Harry Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Chabak, "Honey" Cyr*, Thomasine Falcone, Shirley Greene, Jean Halmi, Beverly Hargreaves, Anita Harry, "Bif" Hayes*, Cindy Heimbach, Marian Hoffner, Bernice Kleintop, Shirley Neff, Helen Nonnemaker*, Darlene and Richard Nothstein, Susan Olivia, Carol Papay, Evelyn Plechavy, Marge Porambo, Gwen Rodrigues, Terry Sebelin, Betty Steigerwalt, Susan Steigerwalt, Mary Taschler, Annette Wargo, and Tara Wargo. *also donated blood.The next Miller-Keystone community blood drive in Palmerton will be on March 3.