CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Whitehall Area Chamber of Commerce, partner of Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, kicks off the holiday season with its annual tree lighting and basket raffle, held Nov. 14 at Lehigh Valley Mall, Whitehall. From left are North Catasauqua Mayor Bill Molchany; Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong; Whitehall Township Mayor Michael Harakal; Kylie Adams-Weiss, assistant vice president of affiliated chambers for GLVCC; Santa Claus; Jessica O'Donnell-Gower, executive vice president of affiliated chambers, northern tier and Easton initiatives for GLVCC; Cara Butz, chair of WACC and ESSA Bank and Trust employee; Tracy Roman, chief operating officer of Fellowship Community; and Connor Corpora, with the office of state Sen. Nick Miller, D-14th. Geico Gecko and Lehigh Valley Phantoms MeLVin are also pictured. At the event, gift-wrapping supplies were collected for the Zephyr Holiday Express, an inaugural program with Whitehall-Coplay School District modeled after the popular Shop with a Cop initiative. Dozens of rolls of wrapping paper, bags of bows, tape and gift tags were donated to this school program.