As the holiday season nears, area groups are busy helping the less fortunate.

Email tneditor@tnonline.com to let us know what the wish list is for your nonprofit group.

Please be sure to include your contact information so people can fulfill your wishes.

We will compile everyone’s lists and run them in the Times News during the holiday season.

Carbon County Friends of Animals

The Carbon County Friends of Animals, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping cats find forever homes, is always looking for support of the community.

This Christmas, the group is looking for the following items: Pinesol and Fabuloso; Lysol, Lysol spray and wipes; bleach; hand sanitizer; dish/hand soaps; automatic air freshener can refills; rubbing alcohol, peroxide, powder-free/non-latex gloves; thermometer; heating pads, Q-tips (not plastic); liquid vapor rub; paper towels; toilet paper; pillow cases; towels and blankets; Purina cat and kitten chow; nail clippers, wet food; scoopable and non-scoopable cat litter; cat toys, towers and wands; cat treats; mops; dustpans; brooms; black and white trash bags; any color index cards; printing paper; pens; highlighters; AA and AAA batteries; monetary donations and volunteers who would be willing to give a few hours a week at the shelter.

Donations can be dropped off at CCFOA at 77 W. 13th St., Jim Thorpe.

For more information, call the shelter at 570-325-9400.

Lehighton Area Memorial Library

In 2018 the Lehighton Area Memorial Library will be marking its 70th year of service to the community. It provides books, DVDs, audiobooks, e-books and more free of charge. The library presents recreational, educational and cultural events for people of all ages. Next year the library will be hitting the road to bring our materials, services, and events into the community to reach even more people!

We welcome donations at any time and have compiled the following wish list for the holiday season:

1. Gift cards for Amazon or Barnes & Noble, to help purchase new library books, audiobooks and DVDs. Please mark envelope “Be an Angel donation.”

2. Gift cards for local stores and restaurants, to be used for library programs and promotions. Please mark envelope “Be an Angel donation.”

3. Craft items such as construction paper, scrapbook paper, cardstock, colored pencils, glue sticks, washi tape, colored masking tape and embellishments.

4. Musicians to help with our 2018 Summer Reading Program: Libraries Rock.

Contact the library for details:

Melissa E. Hawk

Library Director

Lehighton Area Memorial Library

610-377-2750

liblehtn@ptd.net

www.lehightonlibrary.com

Tamaqua Area Adult Day Care Center

Tamaqua Area Adult Day Care Center, 300 W. Broad St., Tamaqua, is in need of:

• Pipe cleaners

• Glue sticks for glue gun

• Little paint brushes

• Cups

• Paper plates

• Coloring books

• Adult coloring books

• TV tables

• Tissues

• Napkins

• Paper towels

Call 570-668-6556 for more information.

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Big Brothers Big Sisters Serving Carbon County is a mentoring program serving Carbon County since 1993. BBBS is in need of sponsors and bowling teams for their upcoming annual bowl a thon “Bowl for Kids Sake” to be held on March 24 at Fritz’s Lanes, 100 S. Second St., Lehighton, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsorships are: Sponsor a Lane, $100; Pin Partner, $50; or Friend of BBBS, $25.

Teams: Gather your family and friends to form a team of five bowlers or fewer and collect donations. If you raise $50 or more you receive a Bowl For Kids Sake T-shirt. There are other chances to win prizes if you raise $100 or more. Each team selects a captain who receives a T-shirt.

For more information, call 800-955-4376 or www.bbbsnepa.org.

Palmerton Cat Project

Palmerton Cat Project is a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to humanely control the outdoor cat population through spaying/neutering and the fostering and re-homing of the kittens and “friendlies.”

Since its inception three years ago, more 300 cats and kittens have received assistance. The group provides additional medical care that includes flea, tick, ear-mite treatment, and inoculations (rabies and distemper).

Palmerton Cat Project believes that education and compassion are the key to making a real difference and partners with community residents and organizations to provide information on low cost services in our area.

Donations are always appreciated:

• Monetary donations

• Gift cards to Walmart, Chewy, Amazon for the purchase of canned & dry food, litter, cleaning supplies.

• Friskies canned wet food pate — turkey and giblets or poultry platter

• Purina dry cat food — Green bag (indoor formula) or yellow bag (kitten chow).

Mailed donations can be sent to:

Palmerton Cat Project

P.O. Box 24

Palmerton, PA 18071

Lehighton Boys & Girls Band

Seeking monetary support for:

• Handicapped accessible bathroom

• Scholarships for instrumental lessons

• Music software

• Building maintenance

• Music

• and other needs

If you wish to make a donation to the Lehighton Boys & Girls Band, please call Alyssa Schoch at the band hall at 610-377-1860 or send your donation to Lehighton Boys & Girls Band, 197 Sixth St, Lehighton, PA 18235.

Valor Clinic

Valor Clinic Foundation is always seeking donations of boots, gloves, hats, weather-resistant winter coats, food for stand down (plastic jars of peanut butter, cans of tuna or salmon, small cans of fruit, meat-based soup with veggies, Dinty Moore Stew, 12-ounce V8 fruit or vegetable juice), and hygiene items (soap/body wash, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush and floss, comb, deodorant, foot powder, nail care, disposable razors).

Please contact Amy at abamford@valorclinic.org or Christine at 570-413-3344.

LEAF

The Lehighton Education and Athletic Foundation is looking for volunteers to serve on various committees within the organization.

LEAF is an independent, charitable organization which has been privately established and is dedicated to providing support for students and programs outside of the school district’s budget.

If you are interested in joining or learning more, please visit our website: leaf-foundation.org or calling President Hugh Dugan at 610-554-4864.

Dylan and Gavin’s Rainbow

Dylan and Gavin’s Rainbow provides an outreach to families experiencing a serious condition of a child or death of a child. Our wish list is:

1. Comfort items such as stuffed animals and small games to accompany the monetary gift we send to families.

2. Gift cards for children and families (for food, gas, other) to accompany the monetary gift we send to families.

3. Specially made Dylan and Gavin’s Rainbow note cards with our logo, to send personalized messages to families we reach out to.

Our contact information is

Dylan and Gavin’s Rainbow

250 S. Ninth St.

Lehighton, Pa. 18235

Dave and Lora Krum

610-377-6188


Woman’s Cancer Support Group

This group is geared specifically toward women who have been diagnosed with cancer some time in their lives and is ideal for people who are looking for personal and mutual support for cancer-related issues. We are currently in need of the following: Gift cards (Giant, Walmart etc.) to purchase healthy food/snacks, donations of coffee, monetary donations (to be used in acquiring guest speakers) and for supplies for our meetings, monetary donations to enable our group to attend “The PA Breast Cancer Coalition Workshops” in Harrisburg and all other cancer-related workshops.

For more information or questions, call Karen at 610-377-6279 or kgeiger4@verizon.net.

Operation School Wear

Operation School Wear has been accepting clothing donations and supplying local people with needed school uniforms and children’s clothes for more than three years now. We tend to fly under the radar as we are very busy doing laundry, picking up donations and making deliveries on a daily basis.

We help thousands of people from Carbon County every year. They are referred to us by school administrations, CareerLink, Pathstone, Headstart, Family Promise, Turn To Us and other nonprofit organizations. There is little time for grant writing or socializing with the “right” people. We are diligently working to make this a better place for the residents of this area.

No one draw a salary at our organization, but we do need to cover our expenses. What expenses do we have? Laundry detergent and gas for making deliveries cost about $250 per month.

Laundry detergent and gas cards will keep us up and running. Any help that you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Gift cards may be mailed to:

Operation School Wear

2310 Maple Shade Drive

Jim Thorpe PA 18229

484-547-7075