News Release
December 2003
(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)—For
the fifth consecutive year, Moravian College will host a holiday
luncheon
at the Cathedral Church of the
Nativity to provide food to residents of Bethlehem who might otherwise
not be able to enjoy a seasonal feast. The luncheon will be held on
Saturday, December 13th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will be attended
by more than 175 people from a variety of Bethlehem social service
agencies including the South Bethlehem Neighborhood Center, Center
City Ministries Shelter, New Bethany Ministries, Trinity Episcopal
Church, Fountain Hill School Family Center, and Donegan School Family
Center.
For each of the last four years, more than fifty Moravian College
faculty, staff, and students have volunteered to help serve a traditional
holiday dinner of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, carrots, cake,
and pie. Moravian College continues its partnership with social services
agencies to provide outreach to residents of Bethlehem that would benefit
from some holiday spirit and a nutritious hot meal. Cathedral Church
is providing the site and Moravian College is providing the food and
volunteers for the lunch. Moravian College volunteers will be setting
up, serving food, greeting, interacting with guests and their children.
Arts and craft activities will be available for children, and the Moravian
Jazz Quartet will provide music entertainment.
The Cathedral Church of the Nativity is located in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, at Wyandotte Street/Route 378 on south end of Hill-to-Hill
Bridge in
Sayre Hall.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective
liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing
its founding to
1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college. Visit the
Web site at www.moravian.edu.
