Miller-Keystone Blood Center and Lower Macungie Township will hold a blood drive 4 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Lower Macungie Township Community Center. Pre-register by calling 610-966-6924 for an appointment.

The Lower Lehigh Lions Club will hold a flea market and garage sale 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at Macungie Memorial Park. The rain date is Sept. 6. To reserve a spot, call Ron at 610-966-3040 or Bob at 610-966-4941 or go to www.e-clubhouse.org/ sites/lowerlehigh/contact.php.

Volunteers are needed on the environmental advisory council and the park and recreation board. Interested applicants can get a volunteer application at the township building or at www.lowermac. com.

The Lower Macungie Pool will be open noon to 7 p.m. daily. The pool will be closed Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 and will re-open Sept. 5 to 7 for Labor Day weekend. For more information, check the website www.lowermac.org.

The board of commissioners and staff will hold the 10th annual Troop Support Program to collect donated items to send to township residents in the armed services who will not be home for the holidays. To register a loved one in the holiday program, call 610-966-6924 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Donations of food, toiletry items, batteries, magazines and phone cards will be accepted at the community center 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday Sept. 1 through Nov. 30. A list of acceptable donations is available at the community center.

Over the last nine years, 785 boxes of donated items were sent to 99 soldiers.

The township is also collecting old cell phones to be recycled in exchange for prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. The community center is an official drop-off point for "Cell Phones for Soldiers" until Nov. 30.

There will be a "Magic and Illusion" show with Tom Yurasits 1 to 1:45 p.m. Sept. 27 at the community center.

There will be a father-daughter dance, "A Night in Paris," for girls enrolled in kindergarten through sixth grade 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Lower Macungie Community Center. To register, go to the community center 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday or call 610-966-6924.

State Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-134th and Lower Macungie Township will sponsor a free document shredding event 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 10 at the township building parking lot. For more information, contact 610-966-4343, ext. 103 or info@lowermac.com.

The Lower Macungie Fire Department will hold an open house 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 10 at the fire station at Sauerkraut Lane.

The Lower Macungie Senior Citizens Club meets noon Sept. 1 and 15 at the community center. After a business meeting, members play bingo or card games.

An SAT practice test will be offered 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 26. Registration deadline is Sept. 18.

Family Open Gym time is 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays for ages infant through 10 years with a parent. Proof of residency is required.

Yard waste site hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The center is closed Tuesday and Thursday. Be prepared to show your photo I.D. as proof of residency.

Throughout August and September, the Lower Macungie Library will feature the artwork of Mary Ellen Stoyanov.

The library will be closed Sept. 7 in observance of Labor Day and Sept. 11 for staff training.

The Lower Macungie Library Book Club will meet 10:30 a.m. Sept. 2 to discuss "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr. The book for Oct. 7 is "The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared" by Jonas Jonasson.

The teen advisory board will meet noon to 1 p.m. Aug. 22 to celebrate all the hard work over the summer and plan events for the school year. The August meeting will be game day. Pizza will be provided.

The library is sponsoring a bus trip to Washington, D.C. Sept. 5 to visit the National Book Festival or museum attractions. Reservations close Aug. 23.

For more information on classes or storytimes, call the library at 610-966-6864 or go to library website www.lowermaclib.org.

The Friends of the Library are now accepting book donations for the fall book sale. Due to the overwhelming response of book donations, the Friends of the Library will be having an end of the summer book sale. The sale will be held 1 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 28 and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 29. All proceeds will benefit the library.

Book sorting takes place 8:30 a.m. every Thursday. Volunteers are welcome. The next Friends of the Library meeting will be 10 a.m. Sept. 19.

Our daughter Caroline has her learner's permit and has been logging in her driving hours. One evening she was driving home on Interstate 78 from the The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley with her dad when Matt said to her, "Watch out for the boat in the road." The boat had fallen off the top of a car and was lying sideways in the left lane of I-78. Caroline calmly navigated around it and kept going. Matt told me later she was so calm he didn't think she had even seen it in the road. I guess if you can navigate that obstacle, you're ready for your driving test.

The next township column will be published Sept. 16; copy deadline is Sept. 10.