Northeast Community Center

10/23/2026

🎃👻 What a MASSIVE success! 👻🎃

Our first Trunk or Treat Resource Fair was one for the books, and we couldn’t have done it without the amazing partners who joined us, our dedicated volunteers, and everyone who came out to celebrate with us! 🧡

A HUGE thank-you to all of our community partners for helping make this event so special, and to our incredible volunteers who gave their time and energy to bring it all together. We’re so grateful for the support, teamwork, and Halloween spirit everyone brought! 🧡🖤

From the creative trunk decorating contest to the spooktacular costume contest, there was no shortage of fun, creativity, and community spirit! 👻🏆🎨

We’re so proud of how everything turned out and hope this is just the beginning of a new tradition. Here’s to making our Trunk or Treat Resource Fair an ANNUAL event! 🍬🎃

Thank you all for making this event unforgettable. We can’t wait to do it again next year! 🧡🕸️

10/20/2026

Last night’s Family Bingo was a MAMMA MIA kind of night! 🎉🍝

We brought a little Italian flavor to Family Bingo with meatball subs, potato chips, caramel apples, cupcakes, and 11 exciting games of bingo! With 51 people in attendance, it was an evening full of delicious food, friendly competition, and lots of fun! ❤️

Families had the chance to win some amazing prizes, including a Crockpot, Italian Soda Basket, Italian Dessert Basket, Lemon Basket, and a Domino’s gift card! 🍋🥤🍰🍕

Thank you to everyone who joined us for another wonderful evening of bringing our NECC families together! We loved sharing the fun, food, and bingo excitement with all of you. 🥰

🦃 Save the date for our next Family Bingo on Monday, November 9! 🍂 We’re getting ready for a Thanksgiving Dinner-themed night filled with family fun, bingo, and more exciting prizes! We can’t wait to see you there! 🧡

10/20/2026

ESTA SEMANA! 🎃👻¿Buscas una actividad divertida y GRATIS para toda la familia esta temporada de Halloween? 🍭✨

¡Mira este próximo evento de Trunk or Treat y Feria de Recursos en Bethlehem! 🎃

¡Ven disfrazado y trae tu bolsita para recoger dulces! 🧙‍♀️🦖🧚‍♀️🦸‍♂️ Habrá dulces, vehículos decorados, concurso de disfraces, actividades, recursos comunitarios ¡y mucho más!

💜 ¡El evento es GRATIS y está abierto a todos los residentes de Bethlehem!

📅 Jueves, 22 de octubre
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM
📍 Northeast Community Center
1161 Fritz Drive, Bethlehem
🌧️ Fecha alternativa por lluvia: jueves, 29 de octubre

THIS WEEK 🎃👻Looking for a fun, FREE event for the family this Halloween season? Check out this upcoming **Trunk or Treat & Resource Fair** in Bethlehem! 🍭✨

Come in costume and bring your treat bags! 🧙‍♀️🦖🧚‍♀️🦸‍♂️ Enjoy candy, decorated trunks, a costume contest, activities, community resources, and more!

💜 FREE and open to all Bethlehem residents!

📅 Thursday, October 22
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM
📍 Northeast Community Center
1161 Fritz Drive, Bethlehem
🌧️ Rain Date: Thursday, October 29

10/15/2026

Northeast Community Center is proud to recognize Ebony Gee as a recipient of the Bethlehem and Morning Star Rotary Clubs Scholarship Fund in Remembrance of Stephen P. Godbolt!

From participating in NECC’s Homework Club and summer camp to returning to give back to her community, Ebony’s journey reflects the lasting impact of education, opportunity, and community support.

Currently attending Cedar Crest College, Ebony is studying Nuclear Medicine with the goal of becoming a Nuclear Medicine Technologist, helping patients through medical imaging and nuclear medicine. This scholarship will help support Ebony’s continued education at Cedar Crest College as she works toward her career goals.

As Ebony beautifully shared, “Northeast Community Center has forever impacted my mindset when it comes to education and personal growth. I will always carry the core memories and life lessons I have accumulated throughout my time at this center.”

We are honored to have been part of Ebony’s journey and are excited to see all that she will accomplish. Her story is a reminder that investing in our young people creates a lasting impact that extends far beyond the classroom.

💛Congratulations, Ebony! We are so proud of you and wish you continued success in all your future endeavors.

‼Interested in applying for a scholarship or know someone who might be? Contact Northeast Community Center to learn more about scholarship opportunities and how to apply!

10/13/2026

We are proud to provide a scholarship through our Sally Young Scholarship Fund to Jomari Sotomayor as she begins an exciting new chapter in her educational journey!

Jomari is in her first year at NCC, where she is majoring in Theater and pursuing her passion for the performing arts. 🎭 What makes this achievement extra special is that Jomari was once a young participant in our very own programs, including Summer Camp and Homework Club!

Through this scholarship, funds covered the purchase of a laptop to support her studies, along with financial assistance to put toward her tuition. 💻📚 We are so proud to support her continued growth and education and to see how far she has come. Her journey is a beautiful reminder of the lasting impact we can make when we invest in our youth!

👏 Congratulations, Jomari! We wish you continued success as you pursue your dreams and look forward to seeing all the amazing things you accomplish!

💙 Interested in applying for a scholarship or know someone who might be? Contact us to learn more about scholarship opportunities and how to apply!

10/09/2026

NECC is so thankful for the wonderful volunteers at Burnside Plantation who picked and deliver fresh produce to us weekly! 🥕🥦🍅🥔🧅

We are so appreciative of your partnership with us! Thanks for providing NECC’s Food Pantry with healthy veggies for our community! 😊

The doors of the Johnson Barn at Burnside Plantation recently swung open to the fields, and the people who keep the farm growing sat down to share a meal. Long tables draped in white linen ran the length of the barn, lined with jars of dahlias and zinnias and strung with small lights.

The guests of honor were the more than 30 volunteer gardeners who plant, w**d, and harvest the Louise W. Dimmick Kitchen Garden. This season they grew more than 1,100 pounds of fresh produce. Most of it went back into the community, supporting two local food pantries through New Bethany Ministries and Northeast Community Center. Some made its way downtown to plates at Historic Hotel Bethlehem.

The hotel returned the favor with a big batch of macaroni and cheese, and the gardeners brought the rest: tomato and cucumber salads, roasted squash, greens, bean salads, and plenty of sweets. Much of it came from the Burnside field or their own backyards.

That’s what the garden does. It keeps Burnside what it has always been, a working farm, with rows in use and food on its way to someone’s table.

This year, gardeners also expanded the herb beds. Some of those herbs will appear in our Root Cellar Remedies: Revolutionary War Medicine workshops on October 10 and 17, where you can explore how plants grown close to home were used to treat illness and injury.

To every gardener who knelt in the dirt this season: thank you! Your work fed families, stocked a hotel kitchen, and kept a historic farm working.

10/06/2026

10/05/2026

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