Whitehall-Coplay Hunger Initiative, the faith-based community and others are proud to provide free meals to low-income Whitehall and Coplay residents twice a month. All are welcome to attend both meals 4-6 p.m. the first Sunday and third Tuesday of each month.

WCHI will post a meal reminder and the meal being served on Facebook and Instagram. It will state if it is a sit-down meal, takeout or hybrid.

Call Karen Haberern, program chair, at 610-730-3184 with any questions.

Thank you to everyone who provides these meals. The host location obtains the food, prepares the meals, sets up the eating areas, serves the meals and cleans up. Many hands help to make each meal a huge success. WCHI cannot do this much-needed outreach program without you, and we truly are grateful for all your support.

Each meal site keeps attendance records for WCHI. This data is a total from the last four meals in 2025 served by St. Peter Roman Catholic Church Jan. 5, Whitehall Active Community Center Jan. 21, Muslim Association of Lehigh Valley Feb. 2 and Whitehall Bible Fellowship Church Feb. 18.

All four meals included 13 children, 24 adults and 238 seniors for a total of 275 meals served to 211 households. Note that many people come for every meal, and some may come once or when they can.

Since November 2023, seniors have been the largest group by age attending our monthly meals. However, these meals are intended for all ages, and everyone is always welcome.

Mark your calendar for these upcoming free community meals, held 4-6 p.m., or while supplies last.

• March 2: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 3024 S. Ruch St., Whitehall, in the white social hall (610-262-2260). Put Coplay in your GPS or Coplay Eatery (which is diagonal to the building). Otherwise, you may end up at our garden, which is not near the meal location.

• March 18: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, 618 Fullerton Ave., Whitehall (610-266-0695)

• April 6: Muslim Association of Lehigh Valley, 1988 Schadt Ave., Whitehall (703-346-8698)

• April 15: Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 4331 Main St., Whitehall (610-730-3184)

WCHI also would like to thank all the meal providers for promoting their meal. WCHI also appreciates each host site providing information on each of the meals, including date, location and contact phone numbers through June 17. These fliers are also provided to our WCHI guests on food distribution days.

As a community working together, we truly are making a difference in people’s lives.

Have a great week!