Published March 12. 2026 07:57AM<\/p>\n
Members of St. John\u2019s U.C.C. of Emmaus were ready at the crack of dawn to prepare approximately 400 containers of chicken chowder for their annual fundraiser recently.<\/p>\n
Steward Don Kaufman organized the team of volunteers who began to debone the chicken at 6 a.m. They spent the next few hours preparing the chowder which is thicker than normal chicken broth.<\/p>\n
According to Kaufman, the annual event usually involved making 150 orders; however, this year they had over 300 prepaid orders. Kaufman shared the church advertised the sale in the Lehigh Valley Press and he attributes the success to the advertising.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had orders coming in from all over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Bechtel and Jackie Reppert drove in from Macungie and were all smiles to receive their warm soups that will \u201chit the spot\u201d on a chilly Saturday. They brought a container for their six orders. There were plenty of boxes available for people to place their soups for the drive home.<\/p>\n
The chowder was provided in quart-size to-go containers. Jean Rogers, of Emmaus, made sure she ordered several containers \u201cto enjoy on days like today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Member Jim Schaeffer appreciated the work of the volunteers as he entered the church hall, the \u201cdelicious smell of chicken\u201d engulfed his senses. Kaufman noted the volunteers package more than the preorders for people who want to purchase additional soups during pick up between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
Any soups not sold were delivered to the Emmaus Food Bank at Bethel Bible Church.<\/p>\n
Kaufman wanted to invite the public to their next event \u201cA Night at the Races\u201d 5-10 p.m. March 14 at the Alburtis Community Center. Doors open 5 p.m. and the first race begins 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Contributed Photo by Don KauffmanMembers of St. John\u2019s U.C.C. of Emmaus are ready at the crack of dawn to prepare approximately 400 containers of chicken chowder.<\/p>\n
Press Photo by Lisa DraperVolunteers Jen Hartranft and Don Kaufman give Jean Rogers, of Emmaus, her chicken chowder order.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Bechtel and Jackie Reppert, of Macungie, check in with volunteers Fred and Doris Trumbauer for their chowder order.<\/p>\n
Volunteer Jen Hartranft organizes soups for a customer pick up.<\/p>\n
Organizer of the chowder event Steward Don Kaufman helps Jim Schaeffer with his order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published March 12. 2026 07:57AM Members of St. John\u2019s U.C.C. of Emmaus were ready at the crack of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-136561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136561","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=136561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}