Iron Pigs Mascot to Appear at Forks Tree Lighting

The popular mascot of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs team, Ferrous, will appear at the Forks Township Tree Lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Forks Township Community Center.

Ferrous will help with the festivities during the event, which includes music, the tree lighting, and a visit from Santa Claus, as well as other fun.

The Kiwanis Club of Forks Township, which sponsors the event in collaboration with the township, is asking those to attend the events that evening to bring donations of peanut butter (any kind), jelly (plastic jars only) and canned soup (any kind) for the Interfaith Food Pantry in downtown Easton.

Bins will be available for collection in the main Community Center.

The public is encouraged to come early to visit the township’s historic Log Cabin that will be open starting at 6 p.m. to showcase “A Pioneer Christmas” in the cabin, complete with luminaria.

Assisting the Kiwanis Club of Forks Township members will be Forks Township employees, members of the Forks Volunteer Fire Company, Santa’s Elf and Santa Claus, who will arrive on the hook and ladder truck.

Music will be provided by the Forks Elementary School 4th Grade Chorus, led by Music Teacher Amy Gollub; the Easton Middle School Brass Ensemble, led by Music Teacher Donna Palmer, and Officer Brooks Kranich, a Forks Township police officer, resident of Forks and graduate of Easton Area High School.

Other sponsors include Palmer Nursery, National Penn Bank and Merchants Bank, which also provides meeting space twice monthly for the Forks Kiwanis.

Forks Kiwanis Club, founded in 1999, meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month for a one-hour breakfast meeting at the Merchants Bank building on Sullivan Trail beginning at 7:30 a.m. 

An ongoing focus for Kiwanis members is community service and programs for needy children. Potential new members are welcome at any regular meeting. For more membership information, please contact Kiwanis member Joe Attinello at the bank.