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Local happenings

Fitness walks, festivals and fundraisers throughout the Lehigh Valley

Ongoing, Sundays through early winter Saturday, Dec. 10
Emmaus Farmers’ Market Winter Stroll at Molasses Creek Park

Get inspired to eat healthfully by taking a walk through the Take a two-hour, mile-plus walk along the Molasses Creek,
Emmaus Farmers Market, in the National Penn Bank parking in Milford Township, on a 6-foot-wide path that has paved and
lot off Main Street. The market is open Sundays from 10 a.m. crushed-stone sections. The walk is appropriate for children of
to 2 p.m. and offers only products produced by local vendors, all ages; leashed dogs are welcome. Wear sturdy footwear and
including baked goods, meats, dairy, honey, flowers and more. bring binoculars and/or a camera for wildlife observation. Call
For more information, visit emmausmarket.com. Note, market 610-965-4397 Ext. 136 for more information or to register.
hours change in January.
Saturday, Dec. 31
Monday, Nov. 21 PEEPSFEST 5K
The Story of Winter
Ring out the old and celebrate the new with the seventh
Bring the kids to the Nolde Forest Environmental Education annual PEEPSFEST 5K. The run starts and ends at the
Center in Cumru Township, Berks County, for story time in the SteelStacks Campus, and the route travels through the north
mansion living room followed by a nature walk, take-home craft and south sides of Bethlehem. Each participant will receive
and play time in the Nature Discovery Area. Learn about plant samples of PEEPS Products and the first 500 registrants will
and animal adaptations for winter survival. Call 610-796-3699 receive a PEEPS Fest 5K long sleeve T-shirt. Race starts at
for more information. 1 p.m.; same-day registration is at the visitor’s center from
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Registration costs $30 before the event;
Saturday, Nov. 26 $35 on event day. For more information visit steelstacks.org/
14th annual Historic Turkey Trot 5K festivals/peepsfest/ or call 610-332-1300.

Work off those calories from Thanksgiving with a run/
walk through the Colonial Industrial Quarters in Bethlehem.
Cost for the run/competitive walk is $40; cost for fun walk,
$25. Registration includes a T-shirt. Costumes for runners,
walkers and dogs are encouraged. For more information, visit
historicbethlehem.org/turkey-trot-5k.

Saturday, Dec. 3
Hawk Mountain Christmas Bird Count

Include education in your holiday preparation with
this bird count geared for children ages 8 to 16 and
their parents/guardians. The event, from 9:30 a.m. to
1 p.m., combines bird identification, science and fun.
Youth will be divided into small groups for binocular
basics and birding basics boot camps. Then, outfitted
with binoculars, a local winter bird list and field guides,
teams will head out on specific routes at Hawk Mountain
to search for and identify birds. Volunteers will help
youth to identify, record and count birds. During
lunch, the results will be tallied and entered into the
eBird database. Teams will report on their findings
and prizes will be awarded. Registration costs $5 for
nonmembers and is free for members. Adult guardians
are admitted free. For more information
or to register, call 610-756-6961.

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