<\/p>\n ‘Spreading kindness’: Lehigh Valley\u2019s new cat caf\u00e9, thrift store help community programs<\/a><\/p>\n
“I literally created a place that made me happy,” said Bauer.<\/p>\n
Bauer said it’s a safe space that supports community members, domestic violence victims and seniors.<\/p>\n
No one is left out.<\/p>\n
People can shop at the thrift store section, cuddle with furry friends in the cat cafe and join several workshops.<\/p>\n
The organization is rooted in love, compassion and connection, everything Bauer said inspired her first Valentine’s Day event, called “From little hands to senior hearts.”<\/p>\n
“It’s free for children, and it is Valentine’s cards for our friends at Meals on Wheels,” said Bauer. “They don’t get a lot of love on Valentine’s Day and we are here to change that.”<\/p>\n
Arts and crafts already line the tables for children and Cupid, to get creative.<\/p>\n
“We’ve got all kinds of fun things for them to cut out and paste,” Bauer said. “We’ve got volunteers that are going to be here helping.”<\/p>\n
Bauer said the cards will be dropped off to Meals on Wheels and will be given out on Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n
“Kids really do bring out something in seniors that us as adults just cannot. It’s sort of a throwback to where they were and where they were in their life at one point,” Bauer said.<\/p>\n
The goal is for everyone to open a card with their meal.<\/p>\n
“I would love to be able to get all 700 recipients a Valentine’s Day card,” said Bauer.<\/p>\n
The event runs from 10am to 6pm on Saturday and all are welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EASTON, Pa. – Valentine’s Day is less than two weeks away and a non-profit organization in Northampton County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,6290],"class_list":["post-105333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-easton-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}