Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., Macungie, will host a free community meal 5-7 p.m. Jan. 10.

Christmas trees should be placed at the curb for pickup by the borough Jan. 6 and 13 for recycling at the Emmaus Compost Center. All ornaments, lights and tinsel must be removed.

There will be a free document shredding event for Macungie and Alburtis residents 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 4 at the Alburtis Area Community Center, 220 W. Second St. For more information, call Alburtis at 610-966-4777.

The Parkland Art League will hold its next meeting 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, 6667 Lower Macungie Road, Trexlertown. Gerald Simcoe will be the guest artist demonstrating in oils. For more information, visit sites.google.com.site/parklandartleague or email parklandart@gmail.com.

Concordia Lutheran Preschool will have a registration day open house to enroll students for the 2020-2021 school year 9:30-11:30 a.m. Jan. 20. The staff will give tours and accept registration for the 2020-2021 school year. For more information, call 610-965-3265.

Concordia Lutheran Preschool will hold its annual spaghetti dinner and auction 4-8 p.m. Jan. 25. Tickets can be purchased by calling the church office at 610-965-3265.

Educational programs are offered through Kalmbach Institute. More information is available at kalmbachpark.com.

The Lower Lehigh Lions will meet 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14 and 28 at the Macungie Institute.

Macungie Fire Company meets 7 p.m. Jan. 8 at social quarters.

The Macungie VFW Post 9264 meets 7 p.m. Jan. 13 at the post home on Lehigh Street.

The VFW Auxiliary of Macungie VFW Post 9264 meets 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at the post home.

Macungie Rod and Gun Club Board meets 7 p.m. Jan. 16 at the club.

Macungie Borough Council meets 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 and 20 and Feb. 3 at borough hall, 21 Locust St., Macungie.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting will be held downstairs 7 p.m. Jan. 28. The public is welcome.

Bingo is held weekly Saturday evenings at Macungie Memorial Park. Doors open 4:30 p.m. and games begin 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

One evening Matt was washing dishes while Ben played video games. Matt asked Ben, “Why am I washing dishes while you play video games? Ben replied, “Dad, you don’t play video games!”

Happy New Year! Best wishes for happy, healthy 2020.

The copy deadline for the Feb. 5 column will be Jan. 30.