Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative will host a free community meal 4-6 p.m. March 5 at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 4331 Main St., Egypt. Meals of chili, rice, applesauce and dessert are guaranteed for the first 100 guests.

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Shepherd of the Hills will sell nut rolls through March 12 to benefit the youth group. Available flavors are nut, lekvar, poppy seed, apricot and raspberry.

Delivery is March 26.

Call Lisa at 610-262-4053 or email sothlcyouthgroup@gmail.com to order.

The church is also holding Lenten services 7 p.m. Wednesdays through March 29.

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Whitehall Active Community Center, 2301 Pine St., is co-sponsoring a community event with Whitehall Lions Club, set for noon-2 p.m. March 14.

Dr. Peter Kleckner, of Kleckner Audiology, will be speaking about tinnitus, hearing loss and rehabilitation.

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The Whitehall-Coplay American Legion baseball team holds sign-ups 6-8 p.m. March 15 and 22 and noon-2 p.m. March 25 at the field house on Potter Terrace, Coplay.

There is a registration fee. A deposit is due at the time of sign-up.

For any questions, contact Andy Hausman at 610-554-1821 or Rick Kern at 610-216-5182.

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Lions Club District 14K scheduled its annual bowlathon event for noon-3 p.m. March 19 at Jordan Lanes, 731 Jordan Parkway. This event supports the Whitehall Lions Club and the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Donations can be made by check, PayPal or Venmo. Checks can be mailed to 3795 Dogwood Drive, Whitehall, 18052. You can Venmo at @LyndaHassick or PayPal at paypal.me/Hassick.

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The Ironton Rail Trail spring historical walk will be 9 a.m. March 25. Meet at the Whitehall Parkway Barn, 4041 Chestnut St. This 7-mile, guided, four-hour hike will be led by Bob Abbott and Ray Bieak.

For information, email rail.trail@yahoo.com or call Whitehall recreation at 610-437-5524, ext. 1135.

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Whitehall Lions Club is collecting clean plastic shopping bags to be transformed into a composite material park bench. The goal is to collect 40,000 bags by June 30.

Contact the club via email info@whitehall-lions.org or call 610-349-9597.

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Is your organization planning an event to be held in Egypt or Cementon? To have information about the event published in this column, email the details to me at sassamanm@gmail.com.