Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., will offer a free community meal in the church fellowship hall 4-5:30 p.m. May 12. Takeout service will also be available.

Grace Lutheran Church holds a weekly free food distribution 2-4 p.m. every Wednesday, May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31. Signs will be posted with directions for parking and pickup.

During the month of May, there will be meetups for Mahjong, a grief peer network, home-school board games and fiber arts club at the Macungie Institute, 510 E. Main St. For more information, go to www.macungieinstitute.com.

The next meeting for the Lower Lehigh AARP will be held noon May 4 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall. Tickets for the June 1 picnic will be available. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

The Church of the Good Shepherd, l135 Quarry Road, Alburtis, will hold a spring craft show 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 6. There will be crafters, a gift basket auction, attic treasures, baked goods, perennial plants, refreshments and lunch.

The Macungie Farmers Market will open for the season 4-7 p.m. May 11 on Lumber Street, just off Main Street, Macungie.

Macungie Town Beautification is once again offering butterfly adoptions. For an adoption cost, a 21-inch butterfly will be placed on Main Street in May and remain there until mid-August. Adoption forms are available on the “Macungie Town Beautification” Facebook page or at The Macungie Institute or Macungie Borough Hall office. For more information, email ppetites@ptd.net.

Macungie Memorial Park will hold a flea market 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 13 at Macungie Memorial Park. Breakfast and lunch will be available for purchase as well as shoofly pie.

The Friends of the Lower Macungie Library Spring Book Sale is back. The book sale will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 12-13 in the Lower Macungie Library. The preview night is 5-7:30 p.m. May 11. Join the Friends of the Lower Macungie Library that night and purchase books before the weekend crowds. There will be a bag sale 2:30-4:30 p.m. May 13. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the library.

There will be a cruise night 3 p.m. May 20 at Macungie Memorial Park. Vehicles will start arriving 2 p.m. and the DJ starts 4 p.m. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

Bark Around the Park, hosted by Lehigh Valley Kennel Club, will be held May 20 and 21 at Macungie Memorial Park.

Macungie Pool memberships are being accepted. The pool will open for the 2023 season May 27. Weekday hours are noon to 8 p.m.; weekend hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. More information is available at www.MacungiePark.com.

Macungie borough offices are open to the public. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 610-966-2503.

Macungie Borough Council has in person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. May 15 and June 5.

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 7 p.m. May 30.

Since our daughters have moved out, I am now the lone female in a house of men. It’s been an adjustment. I am also now the shortest member of the family. One morning while we were getting ready for work and school, I was standing next to Ben and asked him if he grew again. His under his breath reply was “No, you’re just short.” I said, “What?” and Matt chimed in with, “That went over Mom’s head.” And that was just the start of the day!

The copy deadline for the June 7 column will be June 1.