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Asbury is taking part in the Lehigh Conference of Churches‘ 2024 toilet paper drive. The following is information from the Conference of Churches:

Collection bins – marked for the “On a Roll” toilet paper drive – will be located at both the upper and lower entrances at Asbury. Collections will be received from February 1 – 29.

Much-needed food items are being collected via a drive-thru drop-off for the Allentown Ecumenical Food Bank on behalf of this year’s CROP Hunger Walk.

The collection is taking place on Saturday, October 21, between 10 AM and 11:30 AM in Asbury’s Upper Parking Lot.

Items being collected are as follows:

GROCERIES:

• •  Cereal – low sugar (Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, Rice Krispies)
  •  Jelly and Jam
  • Fully cooked (or pre-cooked) pasta or rice
  • Regular Rice (1-lb. bag or boxed)
  • Tuna fish in pouches
  • Canned tuna
  • Pasta sauce in plastic jars
  • Condiments (mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard)
  • Salad Dressing
  • Spices (garlic powder, oregano, salt, pepper)

TOILETRIES

• • Toothpaste and Soft Toothbrushes
  • 2-in-1 Shampoo/Conditioner
  • Bar Soap
  • Deodorant

Thank you for your support!

Be part of – or support participants – in this year’s Allentown CROP Hunger Walk, beginning at 1:30 PM on October 22 at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Evangelical Church!

Choose from a golden mile or a 10k walk through downtown Allentown (find route details at the link below). Visit https://events.crophungerwalk.org/2023/team/asbury-spirit to join the team and raise funds; or to sponsor an Asbury Walker. Contact recruiter Debi Olphin with any questions.

Let’s Fight Hunger Together!

More about the impact of the CROP Walk:

The Greater Allentown CROP Hunger Walk helps food-insecure neighbors locally through the Conference Kitchen and the Allentown Area Ecumenical Food Bank. CROP Walk funds also support Church World Service’s life-saving disaster assistance, displacement assistance, and long-term development assistance with our neighbors in need throughout the United States and around the globe, including victims of the humanitarian crises in Ukraine, Turkey, and Syria.

Much-needed food items are being collected via a drive-thru drop-off for the Allentown Ecumenical Food Bank on behalf of this year’s CROP Hunger Walk.

The collection is taking place on Saturday, October 1, between 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM in Asbury’s Upper Parking Lot.

Most-needed items are as follows:

• Canned Fruit packed in Juice
• Pasta, any shape/ 1-lb. package
• Flour -2 lb. bag
• Sugar- 2 lb. bag
• “Simply Fruit” or “All- Fruit”- jelly or jam/standard size
• Condiments in Plastic Bottles/standard sizes:
• Ketchup
• Mustard
• Mayonnaise
• Salad dressings
• Barbecue sauce

Reusable grocery shopping bags are also being collected.

Monetary donations will also be accepted. Checks can be made out to AEFB (please note “Asbury Church” in Memo Line).

Thank you for your support!

A typical collection drive for Community Bike Works ends up being about 12 bikes. At the bike drive held at Asbury on Saturday (April 23), thanks to your generosity, 80 bikes were collected. Thank you!

About Community Bike Works
Community Bike Works teaches life lessons through bicycles to the young people of the Lehigh Valley who could benefit most.  Learn more about Community Bike Works at communitybikeworks.org.

On April 23 Asbury will host a bicycle drive in conjunction with Community Bike Works. Any bike in any condition will be accepted. Learn more about Community Bike Works at communitybikeworks.org.

About Community Bike Works
Community Bike Works teaches life lessons through bicycles to the young people of the Lehigh Valley who could benefit most.