The annual Pink Pumpkins Coins 4 Chemo Bags and Bucks Bingo and Harvest Fest is set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 12 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3355 MacArthur Road, Whitehall. The designer purse and cash bingo starts noon.

There will also be a basket social, which will consist of 40-plus baskets and a 50/50 raffle. For the kids, there will be a pumpkin patch where they can choose a special pumpkin to decorate.

Admission is free, but there is a charge to play bingo. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. There will be food for purchase.

Proceeds from the event go to the Prager Patient Assistance Fund in the Lehigh Valley Health Network, which helps cancer patients currently in treatment by providing financial assistance for nonclinical everyday expenses.

For further details and to purchase tickets, visit ppc4c.org.

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Reminder: Whitehall Fire Department is holding its annual Haunted Hayride in the Parkway 7-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through the end of the month at Whitehall Parkway, 4689 S. Church St. The dates are Oct. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26.

There is a cost, but children ages 5 and younger attend for free; discount coupons are available at whitehallfd.org.

Parking is free, and refreshments will be available. All proceeds benefit the fire department.

For more information, call the Whitehall Township Recreation Bureau hotline at 610-437-5524, ext. 1165.

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First Presbyterian Church of Hokendauqua, 3005 S. Front St., will hold a flea market and rummage sale 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 19. There will be a bag sale 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Food and beverages will also be available in the church basement.

For further details, call the church office at 610-264-9693.

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Whitehall Historical Preservation Society has open houses planned for 1-3 p.m. Oct. 20, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15 at the Helfrich Springs Grist Mill and Peter Grim Homestead, 501 and 506 Mickley Road, respectively.

There will also be a holiday social during the Dec. 15 event.

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Mark your calendar for these Halloween-themed events.

• Whitehall’s annual Halloween parade will start 7 p.m. Oct. 24; an optional date of Oct. 23 is also possible. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: most original, overall appearance and most spirited.

There is a new parade route this year, which is as follows: Staging will be in the Whitehall High School parking lot, 3800 Mechanicsville Road. The parade will pass in front of WHS, continue straight across Whitehall Way around the new Gockley Elementary School, crossing Zephyr Boulevard and passing Steckel Elementary School, Whitehall-Coplay Middle School and Zephyr Elementary School. The route continues, turning left onto Campus Drive and ending at Schadt Avenue Park and Playground.

Participants can exit east or west on Schadt Avenue if returning to the WHS parking lot for transportation.

Food trucks — including Caribbean Islands Cuisine, Hoff’s Kettle Corn, Take a Taco and Vince’s Cheesesteaks — will be located at the playground parking lot and will be open before and throughout the parade.

If you have questions or are interested in having your business, organization or group enter a float to march along, contact Michele K. Dragovits, parade director, at 610-437-5524, ext. 1165, or mdragovits@whitehalltownship.com.

• Trick-or-treat night in the township is set for 6-8 p.m. Oct. 25. The rain date is Oct. 26.

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St. John’s United Church of Christ, Mickleys, 2918 MacArthur Road, is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year.

A special event will occur at the 10 a.m. Nov. 10 service.

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