Join your community for the upcoming Empty Bowls event to benefit Northampton Area Food Bank. It will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. tonight, May 31, in the courtyard of Northampton Area Middle School, 1617 Laubach Ave. You are invited to come and share a meal with your community. The event is to raise funds to help feed the hungry and raise awareness of food insecurity in the community.

Enjoy delicious soups, donated by local businesses and individuals, served in a handcrafted bowl made especially for this event. The bowls are yours to keep as a reminder that there are still people in the community whose bowls are empty.

An adult donation of $15 includes a handmade bowl (limited bowls are available). The donation of $7 for the age of 16 and younger does not include a handmade bowl; bring your own bowl. There is no admission charged for children 3 and younger.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://bit.ly/2vOYKJh.

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Northampton Area High School’s commencement will be 4 p.m. June 2 at Stabler Arena, Bethlehem.

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There will be early dismissals June 6, 7, 8 and 11, which is the last day of school for students. Teachers’ last day will be June 12.

Please note: On these half days, no lunches will be served.

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The eighth-grade moving up ceremony will be held June 11, starting 8:15 a.m. and ending 10:30 a.m. It will be held at the middle school.

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Northampton Area Konkrete Kids Educational Foundation is holding its ninth annual golf tournament June 11 at Woodstone Country Club, 3777 Dogwood Road, Danielsville. The tournament will have a shotgun start 11:30 a.m. and will feature a four-person scramble.

The entry fee is $115. The fee will include golf, cart, hot dogs and refreshments during the day, an awards dinner after golf, prizes for the top three foursomes in each of three flights (total of 36 prizes), hole-in-one contest, free replay at Woodstone (Tuesday through Thursdays - no cart), discounted coupon to play at Jack Frost and a tee gift for each golfer.

The foundation is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to “developing, promoting and financing innovative programs, which supplement and enhance the quality of education and provide the school community with extended learning opportunities and co-curricular experiences within the Northampton Area School District.”

For more information, visit konkretefoundation.org. Registration and sponsorship forms, which are still available, can be found on the website.

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The fourth annual Northampton Area School District Student Council car show will be held July 28 at Bicentennial Park West, 5351 Park West Lane (off Colony Drive), East Allen Township. The rain date is July 29. Time of the event is 9 a.m.-3 p.m., with registration 9 a.m.-noon. Awards will be distributed 3 p.m.

Come on out and enjoy viewing cars, trucks, motorcycles and antique tractors. All makes, models and years are welcome. There will be dash plaques for the first 100 preregistered cars.

There will be 30 awards, door prizes, a tricky tray, food, deejay and a craft and flea market.

All proceeds benefit NASD Student Council.

For more information on the event, contact Maranki at 610-440-2213 (home) or 610-704-9021 (cell).

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Do you have any school news? This column is a compilation of upcoming school events in the Northampton Area School District. Teachers, administrators, parents, students, coaches, PTAs, club advisers and any other community members are invited to share their upcoming activities. Email me at jamb87@hotmail.com with “Northampton School News” in the subject line at least a week before an event.