Easton homeless shelter gets a boost from its share of $1.1M in stimulus funds
Updated Apr 26, 2021;
Posted Apr 26, 2021
Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. and city council members Sandra Vulcano and David O Connell announce $110,000 in funding for the Safe Harbor homeless shelter in Easton on April 26, 2021.Rudy Miller | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Easton has received $1.1 million stimulus funds at a time when its residents badly need them.
Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. announced the arrival of the funds in front of Safe Harbor homeless shelter, which is due $110,000 to pay for this past winter’s warming shelter.
“The city often gets blamed for not caring about people,” Panto said, later adding, “We have a lot of people who have needs.”
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Frequently touched surfaces to be cleaner thanks to local interfaith effort
Updated Mar 07, 2021;
Posted Mar 07, 2021
Ali Ak, left, from Chestnut Retreat Center outside Saylorsburg, delivers free cases of sanitizing wipes to Easton s Greater Shiloh Church.Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com
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A distribution effort spanning the Lehigh Valley and southern Pocono Mountains has delivered some 300 cases of sanitizing wipes to area religious groups, nonprofits and other recipients at no cost to them.
Chestnut Retreat Center, founded by Turkish-American Muslims in the Saylorsburg area, secured the donated wipes and enlisted distribution help from Trinity Episcopal Church in Easton through connections in the Lehigh Dialogue Center, said Pat Romano, who runs Trinity’s ecumenical and interfaith mission.