Senior center

The Palmerton Senior Center, 501 Delaware Ave., Palmerton, serves lunch daily at 11:30 a.m. from Monday through Friday. For lunch reservations, call the day before by 9:30 a.m.Activities include pinochle, penny games, and bingo.For more information or to reserve lunch, call 610-826-4505.Writers groupA writers group will meet from 10:30 a.m. until noon Tuesday, July 1.The group is open to all published and aspiring authors of romance and mystery fiction.The group meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Palmerton Area Library.Park concertThe Sunday free evening concert in Palmerton Borough Park bandstand at 7 p.m. Sunday will feature the band Crazy Hearts. This week's concert is sponsored by Joe and Joann Kercsmar and the Horsehead Community Development Fund.The concert on July 6 will be by the Lehigh Valley Italian-American Band.Bring a lawn chair. In case of inclement weather, the Bandstand Committee reserves the right to cancel the concert.Al-Anon Family GroupsAl-Anon Family Groups meets at different locations in the Palmerton Area.From 7-8 p.m. on Monday evenings, Al-Anon Family Group/Serenity Seekers meet at Salem United Methodist Church, 4145 Forest Inn Road, Palmerton.Courage to Change-Al-Anon Family Group meets from 7-8 p.m. Thursday evenings at St. John's UCC, 891 Columbia Ave., Palmerton.These are anonymous Fellowship groups offering hope for families and friends of alcoholics, past or present, whether they are still drinking or not.For more information, call 484-477-9697.Miller Blood DriveMiller-Keystone Blood Center will hold its next bimonthly community blood drive in Palmerton on Monday at the First United Church of Christ, next to Palmerton Borough Hall.Registration hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Anyone over 17 years old, weighing at least 110 pounds and in general good health is eligible.Eligible students and recent graduates are encouraged to donate while on summer vacation, because donations typically decline at this time of year. Parental permission is not needed.As an added incentive, Miller is conducting drawings for a $500 Visa card (from June 23 through July 13), and two $100 gas cards each week (through Sept. 2). Anyone registering to donate during these times is eligible.This drive is sponsored by Charles and Kathleen Behler, and Michael and Corene Musaga, in memory of Jean Behler.Previous Miller donors should bring their Miller cards, and new donors will need photo ID, such as a driver's license.Donors on the Trima machines need to make appointments, so the machines can be kept in use all day. Call George Ashman at 610-826-2097 or email

gashman@ptd.net for an appointment.Whole blood donors may also make appointments, but walk-ins are welcome.