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Greater Wilson Area – LINCS Family Center received $30,000 in funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to reduce violence in the community served by the Wilson Area School District. The violence prevention programming will build upon a previous grant that funded the mobilization of a Communities That Care coalition within the Wilson Area School District community. The purpose of the coalition is to combine resources and strategies to work together to help address youth issues in the…

In 2021, the LINCS Family Center distributed 2,171 Weekend Meal Bags to over 70 families in the Wilson Area School District. Our food pantry also supported 547 Easton area families with monthly food distributions. If your group or business is looking for a volunteer opportunity on Monday, January 16, please call 484-373-6200 or email LINCS@wilsonareasd.org to see how you can help! We are also asking for assistance from the local community to help support our continued efforts in providing food…

Wilson Area School District and CONCERN Present Winter HOLIDAY GRAB EVENT Please Join Us For: FOOD, DRINKS & RAFFLES While We Give Away: COATS, BLANKETS, TOYS/FAMILY GAMES When: DEC. 9 From: 2pm-4pm and 4pm-6pm Location: CONCERN EASTON OFFICE 175 S. 21st Street Easton PA, 18042 RSVP-484-957-6044 Winter Market Flyer Template – Made with PosterMyWall-2

Get Ready for a Cold Winter! Contact: Sherry Darr, WASD School Based Resource Coordinator Phone Number: 484-577-0056 Call Sherry Darr to learn about LIHEAP (low-income heating energy assistance program) and for help applying for LIHEAP! LIHEAP begins accepting applications on 11-1-22. Sponsored by CONCERN: Hope. Opportunity. Change.

LINCS provides Thanksgiving meal supplies to families in need in our district. We could use some help this year and are hoping for donations from the local community! At least 100 of each of the following items are needed: Cans of turkey gravy, boxes of stuffing and instant mashed potatoes, cans of corn, cranberry sauce, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes, cornbread or biscuit mix, pie crust mix, and cookie mix. Call 484-373-6200 or email LINCS@wilsonareasd.org to make arrangements to drop off…

Do you like what you see here? Would you like to help us with our mission to support families in the greater Wilson Area School District Community? We are currently looking for new board members to help us with our important work. Please email LINCS@wilsonareasd.org for more information!

  We had a wonderful group of volunteers help to maintain the teaching garden over the summer. As a result, fresh produce was offered on a weekly basis to those who came to our food pantry. In May, LINCS presented our Volunteer Challenge Project at Steel Stacks. We were one of 30 organizations who paired with local businesses to complete our garden renovation. ZeKraft was great to work with and we appreciated all of the time and resources they donated. The…

Our Summer Playground program returned for the first time since 2019 and we had four weeks of fun with some amazing kids! It offered a safe environment for play, exercise, and building social skills for children entering first grade through fourth grade in the 2022/2023 school year. We had special presentations by the Wilson Area Fire Department, Lehigh University students representing the Southside Permaculture Park in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania State Police and the Wilson Borough Police Department K-9 unit. Two district…

Almost 30 members of our local community, including representatives from human service organizations, the Wilson Area school district, and healthcare organizations, attended our first Communities That Care Board Orientation in September. We are still looking for district parents, students, local businesses, members of area service groups, faith communities, fraternal organizations, and other community members to serve as part of this coalition. The goal of this group is to encourage healthy behaviors in the youth in our area. Our next Communities…