Published September 02. 2023 01:39PM
By LOU WHEELAND
Special to The Press
Upper Macungie Township celebrated National Night Out on Aug. 1 at Grange Park.
Hundreds of residents and others from throughout the region attended the event to rub elbows with neighbors, fire, EMS, police, township government agencies, as well as local vendors.
The goal of National Night Out is to enhance the relationship between residents and law enforcement and to provide residents with important resources in their communities.
The event also provides an environment where residents get to know each other.
Among the agencies taking part in the year’s National Night Out were Upper Macungie police, government officials and volunteer firefighters from Good Will Fire Co. No. 1, Trexlertown, Fogelsville and Upper Macungie Station 56.
PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND Members of Good Will Fire Co. No. 1, Trexlertown, Sabrina Faust, Zach Shiffert, William Gillespie III and Dylan Robertson stand in front of the 40-foot by 60 foot American flag hanging from the ladder of Ladder 2531 at the Upper Macungie Township National Night Out at Grange Park on Aug. 1.
Everleigh Young, 5, Monroe Fox, 8, and Mack Young, 2, of Breinigsville, visited with Upper Macungie Recreation Manager Mike Kukitz at the township's recreation booth during National Night Out.
Panayiota Papadopoulos, training and education advocate and Joseline Cruz, youth prevention advocate, both with Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley, welcomed the Bannon family, mom, Laura, Thea, 7, Ella, 10, and Amelia, 5, of Bethlehem, to the Upper Macungie Township National Night Out Aug. 1 at Grange Park.
Cooper Schwartz, 6, of Fogelsville, attempts to Dump a Cop, Upper Macungie Patrol Officer James Baker Jr., at the Upper Macungie Township National Night Out at Grange Park.
And in he goes! Upper Macungie Patrol Officer James Baker Jr., gets dunked during Upper Macungie's National Night Out.
Girl Scout Troop 6051 of Cedar Church, Cetronia, was selling books in order to purchase new books for the Lehigh Valley Health Network Riley Children's Hospital. Scout Katrina Berndt was front and center. PRESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND
Bill McQuicken, Lehigh Valley Health Network, correctly fits a donated bicycle helmet on Autumn Bicchy of South Whitehall during the Upper Macungie Township National Night Out.
Katie Nickischer and husband, Lt. Pete Nickischer with Upper Macungie Police Department, brought their pups, Luci and Luna, to National Night Out at Grange Park. Additional photos appear on page A2. prESS PHOTOS BY LOU WHEELAND
