{"id":289305,"date":"2026-09-19T01:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289305\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T01:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T01:01:25","slug":"volunteer-center-lehigh-valley-press-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289305\/","title":{"rendered":"VOLUNTEER CENTER \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published September 18. 2026 02:02PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank is seeking board members to assist with leadership, strategic planning, budgeting, policy development and resource development. Contact Amy Hitch or Jen Kelley at 610-821-1332.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Bethlehem Emergency Shelter needs volunteers to help prepare for its \u201cShindig at the Shelter\u201d fundraiser. Duties include setting up decorations, cleaning and food preparation. Contact Maria Shior at 484-602-5505.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">ShareCare Faith in Action seeks volunteer drivers to transport seniors to medical appointments, grocery stores and other essential errands. Contact Casey Merrick at 610-867-2177.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Caring DAM Hearts needs volunteers for its Rock the Park &amp; Food Truck Festival Sept. 19 at Victory Park in Slatington. Duties include supervising activities, bingo, children\u2019s games and cleanup. Contact Denise Martinez at 484-240-9774.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The Kindness Project seeks volunteers to assist with preparations for its Fall Yard Sale Sept. 30 through Oct. 3 at Emmaus Moravian Church. Contact Gabby Toedter at 610-762-8700.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehab is looking for volunteers to play cards with residents through its Card Club program. Contact Adrian Bachman at 610-336-5684.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Civic Theatre of Allentown seeks a volunteer coordinator to help recruit and manage volunteers. Time commitment is approximately one to six hours per week. Contact Melissa Leuci at 610-432-8943, ext. 207.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Visit www.volunteerlv.org for a larger listing of volunteer opportunities or contact 610-807-0336, vc@volunteerlv.org for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published September 18. 2026 02:02PM Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank is seeking board members to assist with leadership,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-289305","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\/289305","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=289305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}