{"id":150478,"date":"2026-08-09T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=150478"},"modified":"2026-08-09T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:51:10","slug":"august-9-2026-volunteer-opportunities-from-volunteer-center-of-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=150478","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffAugust 9, 2026 &#8211; Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lend a Helpful Hand at the Lehigh Valley Zoo!<\/h1>\n<p>Help is needed with maintenance, which includes light landscaping and painting on Mondays between 9am-12pm. We are asking for volunteers, families, or business groups. Volunteers must be 14 years of age and older.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Becky Gower at: <a href=\"mailto:bgower@lvzoo.org\">bgower@lvzoo.org<\/a> \/ (610) 799-4171 Ext: 248<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005G4Ewg2AF\/lv-zoo-maintenance-help\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005G4Ewg2AF\/lv-zoo-maintenance-help<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Do You Love Creating Spreadsheets?<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/organization\/0011a00000tPo7EAAS\">K9 Kop Project<\/a> is seeking a volunteer to assist with basket raffle registration. Must be comfortable using a laptop and entering information into a spreadsheet (e.g., Excel or Google Sheets). You\u2019ll receive one sheet of raffle tickets (25 tickets) as a thank-you gift.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Vickie Richards at: <a href=\"mailto:k9kopproject@gmail.com\">k9kopproject@gmail.com<\/a> \/ (484) 661-1666<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005cANUQ\/basket-raffle-ticket-registration\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005cANUQ\/basket-raffle-ticket-registration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Animal Care on the Farm!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/organization\/0011a00000KYGZsAAP\">Flint Hill Farm Educational Center<\/a> needs help with cleaning stalls for horses, cows, sheep, and goats. You can choose your animal if you have a preference. You will get to know them, and they will get to know you!<\/p>\n<p>Contact Kathleen Fields at: <a href=\"mailto:kfields1922@gmail.com\">kfields1922@gmail.com<\/a> \/ (610) 838-2928<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00000IsNCF\/animal-care-on-the-farm\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00000IsNCF\/animal-care-on-the-farm<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Join our Stream Team at Cedar Creek Parkway\u2026<\/h1>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to go with the flow, join Wildlands Conservancy on Friday, August 21<sup>st<\/sup> from 8am-11am as we maintain vegetative areas along streams (riparian buffers) and help ensure the survival of young, native trees in the forest buffer!<\/p>\n<p>Contact Jake Metzger at: <a href=\"mailto:jmetzger@wildlandspa.org\">jmetzger@wildlandspa.org<\/a> \/ (610) 965-4397<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005JuJKF\/wildlands-conservancy-stream-team-volunteer-at-cedar-creek-parkway\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005JuJKF\/wildlands-conservancy-stream-team-volunteer-at-cedar-creek-parkway<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Roasting Ears of Corn Festival!<\/h1>\n<p>What goes up, must come down. Museum of Indian Culture needs volunteers to help tear down the canopies and put them away after the festival. All volunteers will receive a ticket to the festival for your kind service!<\/p>\n<p>Contact Edna White at: <a href=\"mailto:edna@museumofindianculture.org\">edna@museumofindianculture.org<\/a> \/ (610) 797-2121<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005harJA\/roasting-ears-of-corn-festival-tent-takedown\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005harJA\/roasting-ears-of-corn-festival-tent-takedown<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Assemble Care Packages for NICU Families<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/organization\/0011a00000b5r7CAAQ\">Lily&#8217;s Hope Foundation<\/a> volunteers will be assembling smaller items that will go into our Packages of Hope. Items that volunteers may be packing are baby bottles, pacifiers, baby care tools, toys, etc. Join our team of compassionate volunteers today!<\/p>\n<p>Contact Jennifer Driscoll at: <a href=\"mailto:jen@lilyshopefoundation.org\">jen@lilyshopefoundation.org<\/a> \/ (267) 776-4673<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005Coxpp2AB\/assemble-care-packages-for-nicu-families\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005Coxpp2AB\/assemble-care-packages-for-nicu-families<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>August Clean Up Day!<\/h1>\n<p>On August 15<sup>th<\/sup>, the Whitehall Historical Preservation Society needs assistance getting ready for their annual Flea Market. Some outside and indoor tasks include weeding, mulching, dusting, cleaning, organizing supplies and other duties as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Alice Lieberman at: <a href=\"mailto:WHPS@verizon.net\">WHPS@verizon.net<\/a> \/ (610) 776-7280<\/p>\n<p>Opportunity Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005is9mP\/august-2026-clean-up-day\">https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005is9mP\/august-2026-clean-up-day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lend a Helpful Hand at the Lehigh Valley Zoo! Help is needed with maintenance, which includes light landscaping and painting on Mondays between 9am-12pm. We are asking for volunteers, families, or business groups. Volunteers must be 14 years of age and older. Contact Becky Gower at: bgower@lvzoo.org \/ (610) 799-4171 Ext: 248 Opportunity Link: https:\/\/www.volunteerlv.org\/opportunity\/a0CVI00005G4Ewg2AF\/lv-zoo-maintenance-help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=150478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\ufeffAugust 9, 2026 &#8211; Volunteer Opportunities from Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,482,5722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2","category-volunteer"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Volunteer-LV.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150479,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150478\/revisions\/150479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}