Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., offers a free community meal as a drive-up option. The next meal will be 4-5:30 p.m. July 8.

Grace Lutheran Church holds a weekly food distribution 2-4 p.m. every Wednesday. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

The Macungie Farmers Market is open 4-7 p.m. Thursdays on Lumber Street, just off Main Street, Macungie. The market will be open every Thursday through the summer.

Macungie pool is open noon to 8 p.m. weekdays; weekend hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Toddler time is 11 a.m. to noon daily. The pool will close for a swim meet 5 p.m. July 23. Swim lessons are available.

The pool now has a motorized handicap lift. Pool visitors must park outside the park grounds during the Das Awkscht Fescht Aug. 5-7. Parking is available on the ball fields area off Lehigh Street. More information is available at www.MacungiePark.com.

There will be a Backyard Vendor Fair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 9 at Macungie Memorial Park.

There will be a cruise night beginning 3 p.m. July 16 at Macungie Memorial Park. Vehicles will start arriving 2 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

The 59th Annual Das Awkscht Fescht, one of the country’s largest antique and classic car shows, will take place Aug. 5-7 at Macungie Memorial Park. The featured cars this year are foreign cars and motorcycles from England. There will also be entertainment and activities for kids, including jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists and clowns. Gates open 6 a.m. for walk-ins and show cars enter after 7:30 a.m. Juried arts and crafts vendors will be open noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 5; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 6 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 7. The flea market remains open until dusk. Musical entertainment continues until 10:30 p.m. Aug. 5; until 10 p.m. Aug. 6 and until 3:45 p.m. Aug. 7. Food will be available for purchase. Fireworks will light up the sky 9:30 p.m. Aug. 6. For more information, go to www.awkscht.com.

There will also be an Outdoor Toy Town show Aug. 5 and 6 along Lumber Street, just off Main Street.

Macungie Borough, along with state Sen. Pat Browne, R-16th, will offer electronics recycling for residents 9-11 a.m. July 30 at Macungie Memorial Park. There is a charge for some items.

Macungie Borough offices are open to the public. Macungie Borough Hall will be closed May 30. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 610-966-2503.

Macungie Borough Council has resumed regular in-person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. July 18 and Aug. 1 and 15.

Cash 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.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting will be held 7 p.m. July 26.

It’s funny the connections you come across when you meet people. I recently discovered a teammate of Ben’s is the nephew of a friend. When I spoke to his mother, she asked how I met her sister. That was another interesting story. When I home-schooled Ben, we made weekly trips to the library. Being friendly and talkative, Ben often discussed roller coasters, his passion, with one of the library employees. She told us how her son also liked roller coasters. Later on we realized Ben and her son were both Scouts in the same pack. It’s a small world!

The copy deadline for the Aug. 3 column will be July 28.