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>>> TWO PROFESSORS EXPLAIN THE DYING ART OF HOME COOK HOW THE RESEARCH REVEALED IDENTITIES ARE WRAPPED IN COOKING AT HOME IS ALIVE A WELL.

>> IT IS GOOD FOR THEM TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

>> IN A COMMUNITY CONSIDER FOOD DESERT, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE PITCHING IN T THE LESS FORTUNATE.

>> MADE THE CHILD WHOSE GENEROSITY TOWARD ANOTHER STUDENT AT LUNCH TIME INSP A NONPROFIT THAT HAS RAISE THOUSANDS.

>>> WHAT GOES INTO MAKING MEAL?

A LOT MORE THEN CUTTING CARROTS, GARLIC, AND GARNI >> HOW DO PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEANS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT T COOK?

>> WE SET OUT TO SEE HOW P GO ABOUT DECIDING WHAT THE WILL COOK, AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM IN THEIR COOKING.

WERE THEY LOOKING TO COOK SOMETHING THAT THE FAMILY IS IT COMFORT FOOD?

IS IT SOMETHING TRADITIONA IS IT SOMETHING QUICK AND WHAT WERE THE GOALS THAT D Reporter: DEAR NEW BOOK, M DINNER, HOW HOME COOKS PRO AND MAKE MEANING OUT OF TH EVENING MEAL, EXPLORES HOW THINK AND FEEL ABOUT OURSE OUR FOOD, AND ARE COOKING.

AFTER INTERVIEWING MORE TH COOKS AND DOCUMENTING 300 - COOKED DINNERS, WHAT IS UP THE PLATE IS A DEMONSTRATI PERSONAL IDENTITY.

IDEOLOGIES OF GENDER, PARENTHOOD, AND OTHERS.

>> FOR THE FAMILY FIRST CO IT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM TH THE FAMILY LIKE THE FOOD.

THEY FEEL VERY HURT, SOME THEM, IF THE FAMILY DOES N LIKE THE FOOD.

IT IS LIKE A REJECTION OF WHEN PEOPLE DON'T LIKE YOU FOOD.

FOR FAMILY FIRST COOKS, TH REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM.

IT IS A CENTRAL WAY IN WHI THE HOUSEHOLD WORKS ON THI IT MAY BE THE ONLY TIME TH EVERYONE IS AROUND THE TAB THEY CAN COMMUNICATE.

>> FOR WOMEN WITH CHILDREN VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MOTHERHOOD IS PREPARING AN SERVING HEALTHY FOOD FOR Y CHILDREN.>> Reporter: THIS THE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, LEHIGH VALLEY.

HIS WIFE IS A PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT THE COLLEGE O ROCHELLE IN NEW YORK.

THEY FOUND THAT COOKING A HEALTHY MEAL AND ONE THAT EVERYBODY LIKED WERE THE T MOST MOTIVATING FACTORS FO HOME COOKS.

THE DAY-TO-DAY PRACTICES F THE AT-HOME CHEF DO NOT AL ALLOW FOR THESE TWO REQUIREMENTS.

>> THEY KNOW THE ROUTINE, KNOW THEIR CUSTOMERS, AND THEY KNOW THEIR LIKES AND DISLIKES, IT'S A CHALLENGE KEEP UP WITH THEM IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH DIVERGENT S DIETS.

>> THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPEC ALL OF THE HOME COOKS HAVE TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AN PLAY AROUND, TO PRODUCE A IN A RELAXED WAY.

>> Reporter: THEIR RESEARC ALLOW THE AUTHORS TO PLACE COOKS INTO THREE TYPES, TH FAMILY FIRST COOK, THE TRADITIONAL COOK, AND THE KEENAN COOK.

WITH SOME OF THEM TIPTOED MORE THAN ONE TYPE.

PBS39 CAME TO THE EAST IN PUBLIC MARKET TO FIND OUT THESE COOKS MAKE DINNER, A WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT US.

>> IF I FEED MYSELF COMMEN MORE VEGETABLE ORIENTED, W LOW FAT PROTEINS.

IF I'M FEEDING COMPANY, I SPICE IT UP A BIT.

>> Reporter: FOR AMY FOWLE KEEN COOK, TRY SOMETHING N AND CHALLENGING IS A MOTIV TO ROLL UP HER SLEEVES AND COOKING.

>> I HAVE TWO OR THREE THI GOING, SO I CAN MEAL PREP THE WEEK.

I AM INTO WEIGHT LOSS AND HEALTHY COOKING RIGHT NOW.

IT DOES DEPEND WHAT I FEED OTHERS AND MYSELF.

I RECEIVE A BOX OF ORGANIC PRODUCE EVERY OTHER SATURD IT ARRIVES MY DOORSTEP.

I WORK WITH WHATEVER THAT BE.>> Reporter: FOR THE FA FIRST COOK, HEATHER, WHILE TRYING SOMETHING NEW, WHIL PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS HER HUSBAND AND TEENAGE SO CRUCIAL.

>> I AM A PERSON THAT TEAR RECIPES OUT OF MAGAZINES, COPY THEM DOWN FROM THE INTERNET.

I PRINT THEM UP, THEN I US THIS AS A GUIDELINE.

IT HA HAVE PROTEIN, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT I AM LOOKING FOR FRESH FLAVOR, AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> Reporter: FOR THE TRADIL COOKS LIKE PAOLO AND LAURA GETTING IN THE KITCHEN MEA BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN P HOME COUNTRY AND CULTURE O ITALY, TO THEIR MARRIED LI HERE IN THE STATES.

FOR HIM AT THE CHANCE TO S LAURA WHAT IT WAS LIKE GRO UP IN ITALY.

>> THIS IS COMFORT FOOD.

IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES, B WHEN MY MOM WOULD MAKE IT.

WE HAD THE WHOLE FAMILY OV >> I HAVEN'T LEARNED ALL A ITALIAN COOKING FROM THE I OUT.

IT HAS BEEN GREAT.

>> Reporter: FOR LAURA, SO TRADITION OF MAKING HOMEMA COOKIES WITH HER MOTHER TH BRINGS HER CLOSER TO HER HUSBAND, ESPECIALLY AROUND HOLIDAYS.

IT KEEPS HER GRANDMOTHER'S LEGACY ALIVE.

>> MY MOTHER HAS A HANDWRI RECIPES FOR MY GRANDMOTHER ALL THE DIFFERENT COOKIES MAKE AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

IT IS THAT FEELING YOU HAV THAT CONNECTION BACK TO TH PEOPLE BEFORE YOU.

YOU KNOW THAT YOUR GRANDMO WAS MAKING THAT THING ALMO 100 YEARS AGO.

IT COOKING FOR THE PEOPLE LOVE IS HOW YOU SHOW THEM YOU CARE FOR THEM.

YOU CARE FOR YOURSELF, AND THEM AT THE SAME TIME.>> Reporter: FOR ALL OF THE C THEY FIND EACH TIME WE STE INTO THE KITCHEN, WE ARE SHOWING OUR CARE AND LOVE OUR FAMILY.

>> WE DO NOT HEAL OUR FAMI ANYMORE THROUGH MEDICINE.

WE DO NOT BUILD HOUSES FOR THEM.

WE DO NOT MAKE THEIR CLOSE MOST OF US, BUT WE DO COOK THEM.

>> WE DO CRITICIZE THE MOD COOK.

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING.

ONE OF THE BASIC MESSAGES WE HAVE FOUND FROM ALL HOM COOKS WAS THAT THEY DO.

THEY DO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE DI THEY DO HAVE A GOAL OF PROG FOOD FOR EVERYONE IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT.

>> DESPITE PUBLIC CONCERN COOKING GOING AWAY, THIS I WHAT OUR RESEARCH AND OTHE RESEARCH SHOWS.

MACK REPORTING FROM EAST I PUBLIC MARKET FOR PBS39 NE TONIGHT.

>>> RIGHT NOW, I AM STANDI FRONT OF 16,000 TONS OF ST THAT MADE MARTIN TOWER.

IT IS NOW TURNED TO RUBBLE PBS39 HAD CAMERAS POSITION ALL OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY CAPTURE THE SIGHTS AND SOU OF THE HISTORIC DAY.

>> TO SEE THE LAST PART OF COMPANY DISAPPEARING FROM LANDSCAPE IS BITTERSWEET.

WE ARE STANDING ON TOP OF BUILDING RIGHT NOW, TO WAT THE MARTIN TOWER DEMOLITIO THERE ARE MANY FOLKS THAT IN THIS MORNING, VERY EARL WATCH.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANT MISS A CHANCE TO SEE THAT OCCASION.

TO BE HONEST, WE ARE COMPETITIVE, IT IS NICE TO STANDING ON THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE LEHIGH VAL >> MY FATHER WAS A STEELWO FOR A LONG TIME.

I'M SURE HE WORKED ON THAT WANTED TO SEE HER GO DOWN.

>> Reporter: ARE YOU UPSET SEE IT GO AWAY WITH YOUR F HISTORY?

I GUESS I AM.

I WISH THEY COULD HAVE DON SOMETHING WITH IT.>> Repor WHAT WOULD YOU HOPE THEY C WITH THE TOWER SPECIFICALL >> APARTMENTS, OFFICE BUILDINGS, IT COULD HAVE H SOME USE.

>> 10, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ON FIRE!

>> YOU DID FRAME HISTORY.

WE CAN SEE THE OLD BRIDGES KNOWING THE RIVERS THERE.

KNOWING THE PAST IN THE DISTANCE, SEEING THE GAPS THE COAL CAME DOWN AND THE WATER WOULD TAKE OUT THE S IT WAS LIKE SEEING ALL OF HISTORY OF THE SAME TIME.

WE SAW SO MANY PEOPLE HERE QUIET, SPRING MORNING, TUR BACKWARDS, YOU SEE THE TRE AND FORWARD YOU SEE THE CI IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIEN I AM SO GLAD I GOT TO SEE MACK I AM A LIFELONG VALLE RESIDENT.

IT IS STRANGE TO LOOK OUT AND NOT SEE MARTIN TOWER.

>> I CAME HERE THE FIRST T AS AN ASSISTANT PASTOR AT CHURCH FOR 5 YEARS STARTIN 1986.

IT WAS IN ITS HEYDAY AT TH TIME.

IT WAS BUSTLING.

CARS WERE COMING AND GOING CONSTANTLY.

IT WAS BEAUTIFL.

IT WAS OPULENT, FROM WHAT UNDERSTAND, INSIDE.

ALL THAT CHANGED WHEN I CA BACK A SECOND TIME IN 2006 IT HAS BASICALLY BEEN DORM SINCE THEN.

>> THE WHOLE GROUND WAS SHAKING.

YOU COULD FEEL THE CONCUSS OF THE EXPLOSIONS HITTING IN THE CHEST.

IT WAS MORE THUNDEROUS THA THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

THAT WAS INTENSE.

IT WAS A GOOD SITE TO SEE.

>> WAS IT WORTH IT?

>> YEAH!

>> THAT WAS EXCITING.

I NEVER EXPECTED THAT.

YOU COULD FEEL THE POUNDIN YOUR CHEST WHEN THE EXPLOS WENT OFF.

THAT WAS INTENSE.

>> IT WAS EXCITING ON ONE LEVEL, AND SAT ON ANOTHER LEVEL.

I WANTED TO BE PART OF IT, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST HEARD THEN I HEARD IMMEDIATELY T IT WOULD BE SUNDAY MORNING NATURAL THOUGHT WAS, WAIT MINUTE?

THIS WILL IMPACT OUR CHURC ATTENDANCE.

THE SECOND THOUGHT WAS, YO KNOW WHAT, I WANT TO SEE T I WILL ASSUME OTHERS WANT SEE IT.

>> EVERYONE WAS HERE FOR T SAME REASON, TO EXPERIENCE MOMENT TOGETHER.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE IT, BU WAS WONDERFUL TO TURN AROU AND SEE PEOPLE, THEN SEE T TREES AS WELL.

IS BACCHUS IS THE FIRST BUILDING YOU HAVE EVER SEE IMPLODED?

>> YES, THE FIRST ONE.>> Reporter: WAS IT EVERYTHIN THOUGHT?

>> IT WAS MORE SUBTLE THAN EXPECTED.

>> I DID NOT THINK IT WOUL HAVE THAT MUCH OF AN IMPAC ME.

NOW THAT IT IS GONE, AND T DUST IS COMING DOWN, IT IS HEARTBREAKING.

>> BETHLEHAM, PA HAS A RIC HISTORY.

I ALSO THINK PEOPLE SHOUL REMINDED, SOMETHING THAT C TAKE YEARS TO BUILD, BUT T FEW SECONDS TO TUMBLE.

>> THIS IS BEEN PART OF YO LIFE FOR A WHILE?

>> I HAVE A TON OF PICTURE THIS PLACE.

I SAW THE SUNRISE COMING A IT.

I PICTURES OF THE MOON COM AROUND.

IT IS SAD TO SEE IT GO.

THERE IS HOME, ANYWHERE IN VALLEY.

>> Reporter: CLEANUP IS UNDERWAY.

DEVELOPERS SAY THEY WILL B THE NEW PROJECT AS SOON AS IS COMPLETE.

WE HAVE NO COMPLETION DATE REPORTING IN BETHLEHAM, PA MEGAN FRANK, PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> GLENN AT LEHIGH GORGE PARK CLOSED ON MAY 1.

>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

WHY THEY CLOSED IT, IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION.

>> Reporter: IS MORE PEOPL HIKED THE PATH, IT ERODED.

THEY DECIDED TO CLOSE IT A NUMEROUS RESCUES AND DEATH THE TRAIL.

>> THEY ARE CLOSING IT BEC OF SAFETY REASONS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET UND CONTROL FOR THE SAFETY ASP I THINK IF THEY CAN DO THA SHOULD BE REOPENED.

>> Reporter: IT IS ON STAT GAME LANDS.

THE GAME COMMISSION DOES N MAINTAIN HIKING TRAILS.

IF DC NR TAKE OVER THIS LA THEY COULD MAINTAIN IT.

>> THE NEED TO PASS THIS I HOUSE AND SENATE.

WE HAVE TO HAVE WILLING PARTICIPANTS ON BEHALF OF TO WANT TO TAKE THE PROPER >> Reporter: LEGISLATION I BEING DRAFTED FOR A LAND TRANSFER, SO THE LAND COMMISSION CAN GIVE THIS L TO DC NR AND TAKE A DIFFER LAND MORE SUITABLE FOR HUN >> PARK SERVICES ARE MAINTAINING STATE PARKS.

THEY MAINTAIN RECREATION, HIKING.

IT WOULD BE VERY FITTING F THOSE FALLS.

THEY CAN ALSO APPLY FOR GR AND RECEIVED FUNDING TO EN THE TRAIL.

WITH THE GAME COMMISSION, CANNOT.

>> I THINK IT WILL BE A SM HIT.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY IT WITH THIS TRAIL.

NO DOUBT, THEY CAN MAINTAI WELL AND KEEP IT SAFE.

I THINK PEOPLE WILL FIND I WORTH THE WAIT.

>> Reporter: THERE ARE TWO OTHER TRAILS THAT REMAIN O THIS COUPLE CAME FROM LANC AND WERE UPSET TO SEE THEY COULD NOT HIKE THE SCENIC TRAIL.

>> IT IS VERY ROCKY.

IT IS SUPPOSED BE VERY GRUELING.

WE DID WHAT THE CHALLENGE.

>> IF YOU ACCOMMODATE EVER TOO MUCH, IT IS NO LONGER TO BE A NATURAL HIKE THROU THE WOODS.

YOU DO HAVE TO MAKE IT SOR SAFE.

>> Reporter: THE GOAL IS N MAKE THE TRAIL SUPER EASY, DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE T MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE.

UNTIL THE LEGISLATION IS PD , THEY ARE WORKING TO FORM GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO ADO THE TRAIL.

>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE WIL ON PARALLEL ROWS.

WE WILL TRY TO FACILITATE MEETINGS FOR A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS AND INDIVIDUALS WANT TO TRY TO ADOPT THE T IT'S NOT ABOUT VOLUNTEERIN THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE REALLY WANT TO INVEST THEI TIME AND ENERGY TO THAT TR >> Reporter: PLANS ARE IN WORKS FOR A PLAN THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN NEXT MO IN CARBON COUNTY, PENNSYLV HALEY O'BRIEN, PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> THE THIRD STREET PARK PLACE WHERE KIDS AND FAMIL COME TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS HAVE FUN.

NOW, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TO GROW VEGETABLES AND ON DEFINITION OF WHAT IT TRUL MEANS TO GET BACK.

>> MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT STROUDSBURG AREA WILL BE HELPING.

MANY PEOPLE IN THIS AREA T ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THE YO GROUPS WILL BE RECEIVING S OF THESE FESTIVALS.

>> THAT'S WITH THE ROW AND GARDEN IS ALL ABOUT.

IT OPENED THIS MONTH AND T GOAL IS TO TEACH KIDS TO G HUNGER RELIEF GROUPS.

>> IT DOES REQUIRE ASSISTA THROUGH THE LIFE, MANY PEO DO NEED HELP HERE AND THER I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GO IDEA FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF VEGETABLES TO BE SHARED WI LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THER SOMEONE THERE THAT CAN USE YOUR GROWING VEGETABLES PROVIDES A HEALTHY WAY TO THAT.

>> MAYBE THEY ARE ELDERLY,E THE PRESCRIPTION CAUSES TO HIGH, SO THEY NEED HELP WI THEIR MEALS AND GROCERIES.

THEY WILL GO TO THE MEAL PROGRAM.

THEY WILL BE ENJOYING THES VEGETABLES.

>> Reporter: THE LOCAL YOU GROUPS LIKE THE KEY CLUB W BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS >> THEY GET TO UNDERSTAND IT IS LIKE TO WORK WITH OUL .

WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FERTI HW IT IS TO GROW A VEGETAB AND TO SEE IT IN FRONT OF EYES GO TO THE WHERE YOU C HARVEST SO MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

>> IT IS GREAT TO LEARN HO DO THINGS FOR OTHER PEOPLE RATHER THAN YOURSELF.

YOU CAN WORK WITH OTHER PE THAT IS A LIFE SKILL THAT NEED TO LEARN FOR THE FUTU >> Reporter: SIERRA HOBART JUNIOR AT STRASBURG HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE ALONG WITH ANGIE SAID ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEI ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNIT Reporter: IS A GOOD WAY TO THE EARTH AND YOUR COMMUNI WHILE GROWING RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS AND EARNING LEADERSHIP SKILLS.>> Repor TO GROW AND GIVE GARDEN GO DONATIONS OF VEGETABLES FR LOWES AND PET AND FARM.

THEY SAID EVERYTHING AT TH GARDEN WILL BE FREE FROM CHEMICALS.

>> WANT TO SEE HOW EASY AN INEXPENSIVE IT IS, I THINK YOUTH WILL GET MORE INTERE IN BEING ABLE TO DO THIS W THEIR PARENTS AT HOME, WIT FRIENDS, OR IN A COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT LIKE THIS.

>> FROM CHILDREN TO ADULTS ANYBODY CAN TAKE AWAY FROM EXPERIENCE.

I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO IT.>> Reporter: THEY SAID IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

THEY LOOK TO EXPAND THE 4 UP TO 16.

THEY WANT TO EXTEND IT TO HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER PARK THE AREA.

IN STROUDSBURG, PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> IMAGINE YOU ARE BACK I SCHOOL, YOU ARE 6 YEARS OL STANDING IN THE LUNCH ROOM A CARTON OF MILK IN YOUR H READY TO CHECK OUT WITH TH CASHIER.

NOTHING HAPPENS, AND YOU A STOPPED WORK YOU ARE TOLD, DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY IN Y ACCOUNT, AND YOU NEED TO P THE MILK BACK AND TAKE A S THESE EVENTS UNFOLD IN FUL VIEW OF ALL OF YOUR CLASSM IF YOU ARE LUCKY, AND HAVE FRIEND LIKE EMMA FELLMAN, GET YOUR MILK THAT DAY.

WI ONE YEAR, THE SCHOOL DISTR IN YOUR REGION START TO HA THEIR LUNCH DEBTS IT OFF.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?

KINDNESS IS MAGIC.

>> THEY TOOK IT AWAY.

I SAID, GIVE ME THE MILL, WILL BUY IT.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME.

>> ONE DAY EMMA CAME HOME SCHOOL WITH THIS NOTE FROM FRIEND.

INSTEAD, SO SWEET IT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS EMMA'.

>> I AM NOSY.

I SAID, WHO GAVE YOU THIS SHE SAID MY FRIEND GAVE IT ME.

I GOT HIM MILK WHEN THE LU LADY MADE HIM PUT HIS BACK I DID ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE CO NOT HAVE MILK.

SHE SAID MOMMY, HE DOESN'T MONEY ON HIS CARD.

>> Reporter: MELISSA FOUND THIS WAS NOT A ONE-OFF EVE IT HAD BECOME A HABIT AT T ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE WAS PAYING FOR HER FRI IN THE LUNCH LINE.

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU PUR YOUR FRIENDS MILK?

IT WAS TOO MANY, I CAN COU >> WAS IT A MONTH?>> Repor IT COULD'VE BEEN A MONTH A HALF, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT O >> I DID IT FOR A LONG TIM >> I LOOK AT HER ACCOUNT.

I WAS NOT DOING THAT.

SHE WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN T THREE DOLLARS ON HER ACCOU SHE HAD BEEN DOING THAT FO WHILE.

IT REALLY OVERWHELMED ME.

>> Reporter: MELISSA WAS INSPIRED ABOUT HER DAUGHTE ACT OF GENEROSITY.

IF HER 6-YEAR-OLD WAS CHIL WHAT -- SOLVING ONE CHILD S , THERE WAS SOMETHING MELI COULD DO TO HELP MORE KIDS THE VALLEY.

AFTER ALL, ACCORDING TO FE AMERICA, ONE IN SIX CHILDR PENNSYLVANIA STRUGGLES WIT HUNGER.

>> IT OPENED MY EYES TO TH PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOL AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE KIDS HUNGRY.

THEY DID NOT HAVE MONEY TO FOR THEIR FOOD.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WAS A PROBLEM, OR THE SCHOOL WAS YOU COULD NOT HAVE THIS.

>> Reporter: MELISSA START KINDNESS IS MAGIC, VOLUNTE RUN NONPROFIT TO COMBAT WH OFTEN REFERRED TO AS LUNCH SHAMING.

IT PUNISHES CHILDREN BY DE THEM SCHOOL LUNCH, OR SUBSTITUTING THEIR MEAL AS RESULT OF THE DEBTS THEIR PARENTS OR CARETAKERS ACCR WITH THE SCHOOL.

IN 2017, PENNSYLVANIA'S LEGISLATURE PROHIBITED SCH FROM DENYING STUDENTS MEAL THAT LEFT THE SCHOOL DISTR PUTTING THE BILLS FOR OVER ACCOUNTS.

SOME DISTRICTS NOW IMPOSE PENALTIES LIKE DENYING A STUDENT ACCESS TO PROM OR TRIPS IF THEIR ACCOUNTS AR OVERDUE.

OTHERS REFER THE ACCOUNTS DEBT COLLECTION AGENCIES.

THE SCHOOL BUDGETS ARE TIG ENOUGH AS IT IS.

LUNCH DEBT DOES NOT DISAPP FROM A DISTRICTS BALANCE S SPEC I DO CONSIDER THE SCH CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNI >> Reporter: THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE OF A SCHOOL WITH $10,000 OF LUNCH DEBT IN T SCHOOL.

>> THE CHILDREN NEED TO BE NOURISHED.

TO THE LUNCH PROGRAMS WE C THAT.

NOT EVERYBODY QUALIFIES FO FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH.

WE HAVE HARD-WORKING FAMIL THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO MAK THAT HAPPEN FOR THEIR CHILDREN.>> Reporter: THE IS VALLEY WIDE.

THESE KIDS ARE GREAT.

>> Reporter: THE CHARITY I LIMITED TO THE DISTRICT TH MELISSA SENDS HER CHILDREN >> IS GREAT WITH THE CHILD TO INTERACT WITH THE COMMU NOT JUST OURS, BUT EVERYON Reporter: IN ITS SHORT EXISTENCE, KINDNESS IS MAG HAS PAID OUT $21,000 TO TH AREAS GO DISTRICTS.

BETHLEHEM HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST LUNCH DEBT IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY.

LAST YEAR, BETHLEHEM'S DIS LUNCH DEBT WAS OVER $150,0 THIS YEAR, THAT IS MORE TH DOUBLED.

IT IS CURRENTLY OWED OVER $325,000 IN LUNCHES.

>> I FEEL LIKE THERE IS SO NEED, WE HAVE TO JUST KEEP GOING.

>> Reporter: MELISSA UNDERSTANDS THAT FOR SOME STUDENTS, ACCESS TO FOOD OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL REMAINS CHALLENGE.

SHE DID NOTICE OPEN PLOTS LAND AT THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THA SPARKED THIS.

>> IS THAT A STRAWBERRY AS?

>> Reporter: A SUMMER GARD >> THEY CAN PICK THROUGH I SUMMER.

THEY CAN HELP THEIR FAMILI >> Reporter: SOME STUDENTS THOMAS JEFFERSON PITCHED I PLANT FRUITS AND VEGETABLE >> [ INDISCERNIBLE - MULTI SPEAKERS ] >> PEOPLE USE THIS AS A RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY OUR STUDENTS THEN UNDERSTA WHAT HEALTHY EATING IS.

THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAK THAT HAPPEN THROUGH VERY C MEANS WITH PLANTING ON FOO >> Reporter: MELISSA STRES THIS POINT THAT SCHOOL LUN DEBT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS O THE CHILD'S CONTROL.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHE IT.

SHE SAID OFTEN TIMES, FAMI ARE STRUGGLING JUST TO MAK ENDS MEET.

RIGHT NOW, SHE IS WORKING GET LOCAL GROCERY STORES INVOLVED IN HELPING TO SOL THIS PROBLEM.

SHE HOPES THAT THE STORES AGREE TO ASK CUSTOMERS TO THEIR TRANSACTION UP TO TH NEAREST DOLLARS AND DONATE REMAINDER TO HELP PAY DOWN SCHOOL DEBT.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTING TO INTERESTED IN DONATING TO YOU CAN VISIT THEM ON THE INTERNET.

REPORTING IN STUDIO, I AM NOUVELLE, PBS39 TONIGHT.

STACK FIRST, YOU HAVE TO L UP THE SIDES OF THE TREE.

>> Reporter: GETTING OUT O CLASSROOM -- >> YOU PUT IT OVER LIKE TH YOU GO LIKE THAT.

>> Reporter: AND INTO THE OUTDOORS -- >> YOU PUT IT IN THE WHOLE JUST START PATTING IT DOWN >> Reporter: WITH 950 TREE READY TO BE PLANTED, THE F GRADE CLASS IN THE WILSON SCHOOL DISTRICT GOT THEIR DIRTY ON TUESDAY MORNING A WILSON WEST ELEMENTARY SCH IN SINKING SPRINGS BURKE COUNTY.

>> IT IS FUN TO LEARN HOW PLANT THE TREES.

>> IT'S GREAT TO GET THEM OF THE CLASSROOM AND OUTSI LEARNING ABOUT CONSERVATIO Reporter: THIS IS THE COORDINATING TEACHER.

>> LOOK AT THEIR FACES, TH ARE SMILING AND HAVING A G TIME.

IT IS SUNNY AND BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS A GREAT EVENT.

>> Reporter: WILSON SCHOOL DISTRICT TEAMED UP WITH TH UTILITIES THAT DONATED THE VARIOUS TREES THROUGH THEI COMMUNITY ROOTS PROGRAM.

>> TREES ARE IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE TO TRIM THEM BECAU GET TO US TO POWER LINES.

WHEN WE CAN, WE LIKE TO GE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY TO A THEM TO PLANT THEM AND SEE BENEFITS.>> Reporter: WE PARTNER WITH THE CONSERVAT DISTRICT, WHO DONATED THE AND STAKES FOR THIS EVENT.

WE DONATED AND REACHED OUT THE PARKS AND REC, THEY DO THEIR EQUIPMENT AND TIME.

>> Reporter: THIS IS PART THEIR EFFORT TO IMPROVE TH FOCUS ON CONSERVATION WHEN COMES TO WATER QUALITY AND WILDLIFE.

>> IT IS PRETTY AWESOME TH GET TO HELP WITH RECREATIO THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

>> Reporter: THIS FOURTH-G AND HIS BUDDIES WERE A FEW THE NEARLY 200 STUDENTS TH WERE PLANTING ON TUESDAY.

>> THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT O TREES BEING CUT DOWN EVERYWHERE.

I THINK EVEN A LITTLE BIT HELP TO BUILD THE TREES BA CAN HELP THE ENVIRONMENT A WE CAN ALL DO IT TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: 4 OUT OF 5 SC GOT DOWN AND DIRTY.

THE REMAINING STUDENTS FIN OF THE JOB ON THURSDAY.

>> MY PARTNER AND I WORK TOGETHER.

WE GOT IT DONE.

WE GOT TWO TREES DONE.

I T WE GOT A MAPLE AND AN OAK.

>> Reporter: ONCE THE FOUR- GRADERS FINISHED UP, THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS CHIPPED IN TO HELP FINISH JOB.

THIS IS THE PROJECT, NOT O TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT CONSERVATION, BUT PLANTING MEMORY THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.

>> WHAT IS REALLY NEAT, TH TREES ARE PLANTING NOW WIL START TO MATURE.

WHEN THEY GRADUATE WILSON, CAN COME BACK AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEIR TREE FO GRADUATION.>> Reporter: TH SAY THIS WILL BE AN ANNUAL EVENT.

THEY HOPE TO EXPAND THE PLANTING PROCESS TO ALL TH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE.

IN SINKING SPRINGS, I AM BRITNEY SWEENEY, PBS39 NE TONIGHT.

>>> ACCORDING TO THE CARBO MONRO PIKE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, ON AVERAGE, THER SUICIDES PER DAY.

MAY HIS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MO THE AGENCY IS WORKING TO S KNOWLEDGE ON MENTAL ILLNES BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE HAVE A DIAGNOSABLE MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFESPAN.

>> Reporter: MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AFFECTS MEN, WOMEN CHILDREN IN MANY WAYS.

THE COMMON MONRO MENTAL HE AGENCY REPORTED 15% OF ADU AGES 60 AND OLDER HAVE A M DISORDER.

THEY ALSO REPORT THAT ONE OF EVERY 100 STUDENTS WILL EXPERIENCE A MENTAL HEALTH EATING DISORDER.

>> WE DO NOT REALIZE THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS AS IMPORT AS PHYSICAL HEALTH.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW TO RESPOND AND REACT TO PE WHO MIGHT BE IN CRISIS, OR HAVING SYMPTOMS OF A MENTA HEALTH DISORDER THAT THEY NOT AWARE OF.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE S OF CARE COORDINATOR.

SHE SAYS IT TAKES PATIENCE IT A FAMILY MEMBERS BATTLI MENTAL ILLNESS.

THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN D MAKE IT EASIER.

>> TAKE TIME TO TALK WITHO LOVED ONE.

ALLOW THEM SPACE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND ALLOW THE ABILITY TO CONFIDE IN YOU.

LISTENING IS THE MOST EFFE KEY TO HELPING SOMEONE.

>> Reporter: HELPING IS WH SHE HOPES MO WHAT MORE PEO WILL BE ABLE TO DO AS A SP AWARENESS IN MAY AND BEYON THEY WILL DO TRAININGS IN FUTURE TO CONTINUE SPREADI KNOWLEDGE IN THE COMMUNITY >> IT GIVES THEM A BASIC UNDERSTANDING, AND SOME ST TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SOME OF THO SYMPTOMS.

>> Reporter: AND SHE SAYS IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO TA MENTAL HEALTH SERIOUSLY.

THE EARLIER PROBLEM IS IDENTIFIED, THE EARLIER SO CAN RECOVER.

>> IF WE ARE SAD, DEPRESSE ANXIOUS, WE SHOULD SEE A PROFESSIONAL, WHETHER IT I PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, COUNSELOR, A DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL, OR SUPPORT.

THE SAME AS IF WE WENT TO DENTIST FOR A TOOTHACHE OR A DOCTOR IF WE SPRAINED HE ANKLE.>> Reporter: TO SPRE AWARENESS, THE AGENCY IS SHOWING A FILM CALLED SUIC THIS IS BY KEVIN HINES.

THEY WILL SHOW THAT ON ESU WEDNESDAY AT 6:00 P.M.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TH FILM AND THIS WRITING, VIS OUR WEBSITE.

FOR NOW, REPORTING FOR PBS NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> VOLUNTEERING TO BETTER COMMUNITY, A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE PITCHI TO BUILD AN OUTDOOR CLASSR THAT DOUBLES AS A FOOD SOU IN THIS BERKS COUNTY COMMU STARTING THE DAY WITH AN ICEBREAKER -- >> I'VE NEVER HAD A BURGER.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWED BY EDUCATION.

THEN IT IS TIME TO GET TO >> I HELPED WITH THE FENCE I LIKE TO NAIL IT TO THE P I LIKE GETTING IT FROM THE TRUCK AND BUILDING IT UP.

>> Reporter: EIGHT HIGH SC STUDENTS IN A HATFUL OF AD ARE BUILDING GARDEN BEDS A PART OF AN OUTDOOR CLASSRO FOR 16 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I REDDING.

>> RIGHT HERE IN WRITING, HOUSES DON'T HAVE A GARDEN WHERE KIDS CAN GROW THEIR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THEM T HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

>> Reporter: THE GOAL IS T HAVE A SPACE FOR THE KIDS ABLE TO GO AND A PLACE TO ABLE TO GROW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND HAVE THE KI PLAY A PART IN HARVESTING THROUGH THE YEAR >> IT CAME TO FRUITION THIO A NONPROFIT ENGAGING CORPO GROUPS AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN VOLUNTEERISM.

>> WE HAVE KIDS FROM WILSO AND COOK'S TOWN, THESE KID FUNNELED AND TO US FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

>> Reporter: AND HOLDING T OUTDOOR CLASSROOM IS THE Y VOLUNTEER CORPS.

THIS IS A GROUP OF KIDS AG- 18.

THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY GETS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, BU TEACHES THEM ABOUT WHY IT IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK.

>> RIGHT HERE, WE TALKED A FOOD DESERTS, WHAT THAT LO LIKE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO COMMUNITY, AND HOW THE GAR COULD IMPACT THE KIDS IMPA BY FOOD DESERTS.

WE GO AHEAD AND GET TO WOR AT THE END, WE DO A NICE REFLECTION TO TALK ABOUT A PROCESS WHAT THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY MEANT TO THEM.

THE KIDS ARE VERY EXCITED IT.

HAVING AN OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IS VERY COOL.

>> Reporter: THE GARDEN IT HAS BEEN A DREAM OF THE 16 HOC PRINCIPLES THAT SHE TO OVER 7 YEARS AGO.

>> OUR COMMUNITY IS IN A F DESERT.

THE STUDENTS DON'T REALLY A LOT OF OPTIONS AS FAR AS GROCERY STORES ARE FRESH FARMERS MARKETS.

WE TRY TO BRING IN FRESH PRODUCE FOR THEM TO DO TAS TEST WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HEA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THAT LOCALLY GROWN.>> Reporter: THE HELP OF VOICE OF BERKS THIS IS BECOMING A REALITY MATTER OF A FEW DAYS.

>> THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT SUSTAINABLE GARDENING, BUT TEACHING KIDS THE EDUCATIO PIECE ON WHERE FOOD COMES AND THE FOOD SYSTEMS BEHIN GARDENING HELPS US TEACH T THIS HELPS WITH MIDDLE SCH AND HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL.

>> Reporter: WITH A LITTLE OF EFFORT, AND A LOT OF TEK , THE KIDS ARE NOT JUST BUILDING A GARDEN, BUT A KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO USE TH HANDS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PARENTS TAUGHT ME, TO GIVE TO PEOPLE.

WHEN SOMEBODY D SOMETHING GOOD FOR YOU, IT GOOD FOR YOU TO DO SOMETHI GOOD FOR THEM BACK.>> Repo THE RAISED GARDEN BEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED T WEEK, JUST IN TIME FOR THE SUMMER GROWING SEASON.

THE SOIL AND SEEDLINGS SHO BE IN BY NEXT WEEK.

I AM BRITTANY SWEENEY, PBS NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> DOZENS OF ENTREPRENEUR TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS FROM NE AND FAR HAVE DESCENDED UPO BETHLEHAM, PA.

>> WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ATTENDEES.

THE EXECUTIVE NETWORKING SESSIONS ARE OUTSTANDING, ALLOW OUR GAS TO MEET WITH PEOPLE AND EXPLORE OPPORTUS .

THE CREATIVITY AND THOUG ARE PROVOKED TO NOT ONLY T NETWORKING, BUT THE THOUGH LEADERSHIP PROVIDED BY OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER.

>> Reporter: AND FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WELCOME TO DOZENS OF BUSIN PEOPLE, POLITICAL LEADERS, INFLUENCERS FROM THEIR VAS COUNTY SERVICE AREA AT THE ANNUAL LETTER I EXCHANGE.

THIS IS FOR BUSINESS PEOPL FROM ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

>> WE HAD MENTOR SHIP, THR A PROGRAM LIKE BEN FRANKLI PROVED TO BE SUPER HELPFUL US.

SIX INNOVATION AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO A GROUP OF LE FROM THE AREA.

THEY WERE RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AND COMPANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY.

THE TRAILBLAZERS FROM BETHM , WINFIELD, MUSIC, AND REA ARE BREAKING GROUND AND TECHNOLOGY.

>> AT THE BEN FRANKLIN I- EXCHANGE GIVES US TWO THI WE CAN HONOR 6 WINNERS THA HAVE ACCMPLISHED GREAT THI AFTER RECEIVING HELP IS A FROM BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLO PARTNERS.

THIS ALLOWS US TO HONOR TH AND HELP OTHER ORGANIZATIO THE AREA LEARN OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THROUGH OUR HELP.

>> Reporter: AND ALLOWS OPPORTUNITIES AN EXCHANGE IDEAS ON INDUSTRY INSIDERS THOUGHT LEADERS.

AMONG THEM IS JEFF, THE FO AND CEO OF FORGE THREE, TH LEADING WEBSITE AND DIGITA MARKETING PLATFORM IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

THEY ARE BEING AWARDED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BUSINESS INCUBATION AS A 2 WINNER AT THE INCUBATOR GRADUATE AWARD.

>> THIS AWARD IS FOR THE F ENTREPRENEURS, AND BUSINES IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE S OF SYLVANIA.

THIS IS AN EV TO INSPIRE THEM AS WELL.

TAKE A LOOK AT COMPANIES L OURS AND GREAT COMPANIES T ARE HERE THAT HAVE COME TH THE PROGRAM AND THEY, IT I POSSIBLE TO DO THIS.

THEY DID IT.

I CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

>> Reporter: SINCE BEGINNI OPERATIONS IN 1983, THE BE FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNE NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CREATED NEARLY 20,000 NEW FOR PENNSYLVANIA WORKERS.

THEY START AT 520 NEW COMP IN DEVELOPED 2000 NEW PROD AND PROCESSES.

THEY ARE RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF OTHERS IN THE TECHNOLOGY WORLD AND PAYIN FORWARD.

REPORTING FROM LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, I AM CASEY LOP FOR PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> THERE WAS A WOMAN PLAYI THE DRUMS.

I DON'T SEE THAT ENOUGH.

IT MADE ME EXCITED.

I WAS LIKE, NEED TO TAKE DRUMMING LESSONS.

>> THIS IS THE LAST ROCK SHOWCASE.

THIS IS A CONCLUSION OF AN EMPOWERMENT CAMP FOR WOMEN TRANS NIGHT NON-BINARY ADU WE BRING THIS IN HERE TO H WITH CONFIDENCE.

♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ IT STARTS FRIDAY NIGHT, THEN WE SPEN DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY CREATING A SONG AND ATTEND WORKSHOPS.

ON SUNDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE T SHOW.

THAT IS WHAT THIS IS.

>> I HAVE BEEN PLAYING GUI FOR 15 YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN SINGING FOR 12 YEARS.

I'VE NEVER DONE THAT PROFESSIONALLY.

I'VE ALWAYS JUST DONE THIN THE WAY I FELT RIGHT.

>> WHEN THE CAMPERS FILL O THEIR APPLICATION, WE HAVE RANK THEIR INSTRUMENTS.

WE CAN DO VOCALS, GUITAR, OR DRUMS.

NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY PEOPLE ARE LEARNING SOMETH COMPLETELY NEW.

SOME OF THESE ARE COMPLETE STRANGERS.

THEY ARE PUT THROUGH THIS REALLY INTENSE AND LONG WE.

IT IS A CRAZY BONDING EXPERIENCE.

THERE WAS ONE BAND, THEY F IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER.

THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT CONTINUING AFTER.

THAT IS AMAZING.

THE LASTING FRIENDSHIPS AR BEING BUILT IN A VERY INTE 1/2 DAYS.

>> WE CAME UP WITH A SONG WITHIN 30 SECONDS.

WE GOT A FEW LESSONS ON HO MAKE A COUPLE OF BEADS.

WE HAD FUN, AND IT CAME TOGETHER.

IT IS KIND OF AMAZING.

IT IS REALLY LIBERATING.

IT FEELS WAY BETTER THAN I HONESTLY COULD'VE IMAGINED >> THIS IS IT.

THIS IS 2 1/2 DAYS OF CAMP >> ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ >> I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THROUGH FOLLOWING DIFFEREN BANDS IN THE AREA.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE SHO BE A SPACE WHERE YOUNG WOM AND TRANS PEOPLE AND NON-B PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL AREA I'VE GROWN UP IN MONTGOMER BUCKS COUNTY.

THIS SCENE IS MALE-DOMINAT WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THI THOUGHT THIS WAS GREAT.

>> THE NEXT EVENT IS JUNE CALLED LADY FAST.

IT WILL BE HERE AS WELL.

THE YOUTH ROCKET CAMP AND ROCK CAMP WILL BE ON JULY >> THE WEEKEND FEELS TOO S >> I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF M THERAPY.

I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF IN USING MUSIC TO HELP HEA I THINK IT IS SUPER IMPORT THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTAN HAVE THAT FOR WOMEN, AND T AND NON-BINARY FOLKS.

>> THIS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.

IT FEELS BETTER THAN I EVE COULD'VE IMAGINED.

BEING IN A BAND, AND BEING SURROUNDED BY AMAZING, SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE, IF THER ANY PIECE OF YOU OR YOUR THINKING, MAYBE I WOULD DO THAT, OR SOMETHING EXCITES ABOUT THE VARIANCE, DO IT.

YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.

>> ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪.

>> ON SOUTH SIDE BETHLEHAM , REPORTING FOR PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> AND EXPANSION IN BETHL PA NEEDS MORE RESOURCES FO COMMUNITY.

WHETHER YOU HAVE FALLEN ON HARD TIME OR NEED HELP GET BACK ON TRACK, THE DIANE ELLIOTT CENTER FOR COMMUNI PARTNERSHIPS IS A STEP FOR TO HELP PEOPLE REGAIN AS S- SUFFICIENT LIFE .

>> I USED THIS EVERY DAY.

I WAS IN MY CAR PRAYING TH SOMETHING WOULD OPEN UP, A WOULD OPEN UP FOR ME.

>> Reporter: THAT DOOR WAS BETHANY MINISTRIES.

>> WHEN YOU BETHANY CALLED I WAS ELATED, IT WAS ANSWE >> Reporter: THIS WAS AN ANSWERED PRAYER BECAUSE TH HELPED THIS VOLUNTEER TAKE STEPS TOWARD A PATH TO SUC IN LIFE.

>> IT WAS A SAVING GRACE.

I HAD FLIPPED AROUND TO NUMEROUS PLACES BEFORE HAV SECURE ROOF OVER MY HEAD H I WAS SCARED.

I WAS REALLY, REALLY SCARE >> Reporter: THE ORGANIZAT úPROVIDES THE WORD, CLOTHI HOUSING FOR MEN, WOMEN, AN FAMILIES IN NEED.

>> BEING IN SOUTH BETHLEHE BEING RIGHT HERE IN THE MI OF THE LOW INCOME MEDIAN, RESOURCES ARE RIGHT IN THE OWN COMMUNITY.

>> Reporter: NOW, NEW BETH HAS A CENTER NAMED AFTER T FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ELLIOTT.

IT HAS TWO COMPUTERS FOR R WRITING, SEARCHING FOR HOU AND OTHER BUSINESS THAT PE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO.

>> NOT EVERYBODY HAS WI-FI WITH HAVING THE COMPUTERS AND HAVING THE WORKSTATION THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESS BUSINESS.

>> Reporter: THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH BB&T ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.

THEY PARTNERED WITH FITNES NUTRITION INSTRUCTORS FOR OVERALL WELLNESS.

>> LETTING THEM SEE THAT T CAN ACHIEVE GOALS AND BE SUCCESSFUL, I BELIEVE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

>> Reporter: THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE VOLUNTEERING BECA SHE BELIEVES THE ORGANIZAT CAN CHANGE MANY LIVES.>> Reporter: THIS IS A VERY G PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COMMEN IT IS A REAL BLESSING.

SOME PEOPLE WOULD NOT EAT WAS NOT FOR NEW BETHANY.>> Reporter: THE DIANE ELLIOT CENTER IS OPEN.

IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT NE ASSISTANCE FROM THE ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN CALL THEIR MINISTRIES.

YOU CAN OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET FOR PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT, I STACY YNEZ.

>>> THE PHRASE INSULIN RATIONING MAY BE FAMILIAR.

THAT'S WHEN SOMEONE WITH DIABETES UNDER USES IN LYN LIFE-SAVING PRESCRIPTION D BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT OF PO COST IS TOO MUCH OF A FINA BURDEN.

IN A STUDY PUBLISHED EARLI THIS YEAR, YALE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS FOUND ONE IN F PATIENTS USE LESS INSULIN THEY ARE PRESCRIBED DUE TO COST.

>> IT IS NOT SAFE TO RATIO YOUR INSULIN.

>> I GET SCARED I MIGHT GO BLIND.

>> Reporter: WE CHECKED IN PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS A NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE MANAGIN >> WE KNOW MANY PATIENTS F ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO GETTI THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED >> Reporter: THIS IS A PHYSICIAN AT NH CLB.

>> OF VIOLENCE LINKING COS $750.

THE AVERAGES WE ARE HEARIN ABOUT OUR NEAR $350.

NOBODY CAN AFFORD THAT.

YOU CAN GO THROUGH MORE TH ONE FILE IN A MONTH.>> Reporter: THIS IS THE DOCT CARING FOR PATIENTS IN BETHLEHEM AND ALLENTOWN.

>> ACCESS IS A PROBLEM.

IT'S ESCORTING SO FAST.

I DON'T THINK WE CAUGHT UP THAT.

>> Reporter: THE YALE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS ALS FOUND THAT OVER THE LAST 1 YEARS, INSULIN PRICES IN T UNITED STATES TRIPLED.

THE OUT-OF-POCKET COST FOR PATIENTS HAVE DOUBLED.

>> IT HAS GOTTEN REALLY COMPLICATED FOR THOSE THAT HAVE INSURANCE.

THE FORMUL CHANGE WHAT THEY ARE PAYIN WE HAVE SOMEBODY STABLE ON SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH, THEN ALL OF SUDDEN THEY GO TO THE PHAR AND IT IS DENIED.>> Report ACCORDING TO A MEMO RELEAS STAFFERS, PATIENTS CAN PAY BEYOND $400 PER MONTH FOR LIFE-SAVING DRUG.

>> SOMETIMES WHEN IT GETS TO THE END OF THE MONTH, S I AM RETIRED AND I ONLY GE PAID ONCE PER MONTH, I DO HAVE MONEY TO GET MY NEXT UNTIL I GET PAID.

>> Reporter: CAROL AND HAS INSURANCE.

HER INSURANCE FOR HER INSU CHARGES ARE $40.

SHE HAS OTHER PRESCRIPTION TOTALING OVER $160 PER MON OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS.

THESE ARE CALLED CO-PAYS.

THAT $160 FIGURE DOES NOT INTO ACCOUNT OFFICE VISIT - PAYS WHICH SHE PAYS THE DO TO BE SEEN.

>> I HAD TO PAY A CO-PAY F THE DOCTOR.

EVERY DOCTOR I. EVERYBODY IS A SPECIALIST.

>> THERE IS STIGMA ASSOCIA WITH SAYING YOU CANNOT AFF YOUR MEDICATIONS.

>> Repoter: THIS IS A REGISTERED NURSE AND THE DIRECTOR OF POPULATION HEA AT END AGE CLB.

>> LAST TIME I CHECKED, TH LEAST EXPENSIVE FORM OF IN WAS STILL $20 PER BOTTLE.

THAT IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR M PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: NOT TAKING IN AS PRESCRIBED CAN LEAD TO HIGHER HEALTHCARE COSTS ON ROAD.

>> AT A POPULATION LEVEL, PROBLEM BECOMES MORE COSTL THE REST OF SOCIETY, BECAU ARE BEARING THE COST OF TH COMPLICATIONS, WHEN PATIEN NEED TO BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL, OR NEED SURGERY, DIALYSIS.

IT IS IN ALL OF OUR BEST INTEREST TO BE AWARE THIS HAPPENING, AND LOOK TO FIN SOLUTION.

>> LET PEOPLE KNOW AS SOON THERE IS ANY RATIONING, LE YOUR MEDICAL TEAM NO, SO W DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO TRY SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

ALSO, WE NEED ADVOCACY TO THE SITUATION AROUND.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Reporter: IN BETHLEHAM, I AM CHLOE NOUVELLE, PBS3 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> ♪ [ MUSIC ] ♪ ♪ IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S A BEAUT DAY FOR A NEIGHBOR, WOULD BE MINE?

COULD YOU BE MINE?

♪>> Reporter: THE SECOND GRADERS WATCHED MR.

ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEIR TEACHER HAS BEEN TEA HER STUDENTS TO BE LIKE TH BELOVED PBS CHILDREN'S SHO HOST.

>> MISTER ROGERS THEME HAS ALWAYS BEEN, JUST HELP.

WHETHER YOU ARE HELPING TH NEIGHBOR RIGHT NEXT DOOR T YOU, OR HELPING SOMEONE OU YOUR COMMUNITY, OR ACROSS COUNTRY, HIS OVERALL THEME HELP.

NO MATTER WHAT AGE YOU ARE WHETHER YOU GREW UP WITH M ROGERS OR YOU ARE A CHILD TODAY, THAT IS NOT A THING SHOULD EVER CHANGE.

WE SHOULD ALL HAVE THE SAM GOAL OF WANTING TO HELP OTHERS.>> Reporter: TODAY' SPECIAL DAY.

>> WE ARE MAKING KINDNESS POSTCARDS FOR KINDNESS DAY >> HELP YOUR FRIENDS AND H KIND.

>> Reporter: WHY SHOULD YO THAT?

>> THAT WE YOU HAVE A LOT FRIENDS.

>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR DECLARED MAY 23 KINDNESS D HONOR OF THE LATE FRED ROG THE GOVERNOR ENCOURAGED PENNSYLVANIANS TO DO GOOD OR SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMET NICE FOR OTHERS.

>> IF YOU ARE NOT KIND, WH ARE YOU?

>> Reporter: TODAY IS THE DAY OF THE YEAR.

MR.

ROGER USED THE PHRASE, 1432 SAY LOVE YOU, A CODE THAT IDEN THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN E OF THE THREE WORDS.

>> IF THERE IS NO KINDNESS THERE'S NO LOVE.

IF THERE IS NO LOVE, THERE HAPPINESS.

IF THERE IS NO HAPPINESS, ALWAYS GRUMPY.

>> TEACHING THEM HOW TO BE TO ONE ANOTHER ARE THE TYP THINGS THAT WILL TRAVEL WI THEM AND BE WITH THEM FORE THEY WILL NEED TO KNOW HOW ADD, AND SUBTRACT, BUT THE OF PERSON THEY TRULY ARE W PUSH COMES TO SHOVE WILL F WHO THEY ARE LATER IN LIFE Reporter: STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY IN THE NAZARETH SCHOOL DISTRICT SPENT KIND DAY MAKING PLACEMATS TO GI LOCAL NURSING HOMES, AND P IS -- PAINTING KINDNESS RO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> THEY WILL SAY, YOU ARE SWEET.

>> Reporter: THE STUDENTS MAKING A KINDNESS.

THEY AR SHOWING HOW THEY CAN SHOW KINDNESS TO WHO?

>> MY FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, COMMUNITY.

>> I CAN HELP MY MOM MAKE >> Reporter: JOSIE SAYS SH WILL HELP HER MOM COOK DIN TONIGHT.

>> IF YOUR MOM IS STRUGGLI AS SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT DO, AND YOU DO, YOU CAN HE HER OUT.>> Reporter: I CAN DOORS FOR PEOPLE.

I CAN LET PEOPLE GO IN FRO ME.

I CAN HELP ALL PEOPLE AT T GROCERY STORE.

>> IS IMPORTANT FOR CHILDR LEARN THE BASIC SKILLS OF KINDNESS, BEING HELPFUL, A BEING NICE TO ONE ANOTHER.

THOSE THINGS COME BACK TO THE WHOLE IDEA OF A RANDOM OF KINDNESS FROM A STRANGE COULD BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY.

THEY COULD THEN IN TURN DO SOMETHING AS WELL.

>> IF YOU WANT TO BE TREAT NICE, YOU HAVE TO TREAT OT PEOPLE NICE.

>> WHEN YOU HELP THEM, THE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

>> Reporter: THE LAST DAY SCHOOL IS JUNE 11.

THE STUDENTS TELL ME THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW KINDNESS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.

REPORTING IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, HALEY O'BRIEN, PBS NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> MOST HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE VARSITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM A BASEBALL TEAM.

WHAT ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLUB?

AT THE PALISADES HIGH SCHO THEY HAVE A FISHING CLUB.

THEY ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

LAST MONTH, THE CLUB WON A REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.

NEXT MONTH, THEY ARE GOING NATIONAL FINALS.

>> THERE IS A SPLIT SECOND YOUR MIND, WHERE YOU REGIS THAT THERE'S A FISH ON THE OF THE LINE.

THAT SPLIT-SECOND IS WHAT THE SPORT.

WHEN YOU REALIZE THE FISHE THERE AND THE FIGHT IS ON, COULD BE HAVING THE SLOWES LONGEST DAY, FALLING ASLEE YOUR FEET, BUT THE PSYCHES THE HOOK, YOU ARE AWAKE.

THE ADRENALINE ROLES YOUR THEY CAN REIGNITE EVERYTHI >> Reporter: DEPOSIT HIGH SCHOOL SNIORS, BRANDON LAW AND PETER, THIS IS MORE TH HOBBY, IT IS A PASSION.

THE LONGTIME FRIENDS LAUNC SOMETHING OF A RARITY IN O REGION WHEN THEY PEERED UP FOUND A FISHING CLUB AT TH SCHOOL.

THEY DID IT ALL ON THEIR O >> WE DID NOT FISH TOGETHE BEFORE.

I RUBBED HIM INTO IT BECAU YOU NEED A PARTNER IN HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO PEOPL THE BOAT TO FISH.

I NEEDED SOMEBODY.

I FIGURED HE WAS THE PERFE CANDIDATE.>> Reporter: LAM FINISHED ALONE IN A KAYAK HE WAS YOUNGER.

HE WANTED TO HAVE A WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN TOURNAMENTS AFTER HE PARTNERED WITH LA WHO HAD BEEN HIS FRIEND SI KINDERGARTEN, THEY STARTED WORK TO ORGANIZE A SCHOOL IT IS NOT JUST A HOBBY TO FRIENDS, FISHING AT A COMPETITIVE LEVEL, THEY SA A MIND GAME.

>> IS MORE OF A JOB.

WE ARE UP AT THE CRACK OF THERE IS A LOT MORE NOT FI AND LOOKING ON THE FISH FINDERS, SCANNING THE SIDE AND SEEING WHAT COVER IS T WE LOOK FOR THE STRUCTURES THERE IS A LOT OF NOT FISH IF THERE ARE NO FISH, SOME YOU DON'T EVEN PUT THE ROD THE WATER.

>> SOMETIMES WE WILL GO OU A LAKE, AND WE WILL DRIVE AROUND WITH THE BOAT.

YOU LOOK AT THE FISH FINDE SOMETIMES WE WILL NOT EVEN A CAST UNTIL SIX HOURS INT FISHING.

WE GET GOOD EYES ON THE LA SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE.

WE FIGURE OUT WHICH PART O LAKE IS THE BEST PART FOR FISHING.

>> Reporter: STARTING THE WAS NOT EASY.

THEY REACHED OUT TO LOCAL COMPANIES TO SECURE CORPOR SPONSORSHIPS ON THEIR OWN.

THEIR HARD WORK PAID OFF I APRIL WHEN THEY BEAT OUT M THAN 20 OTHER TEAMS TO WIN 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HI SCHOOL FISHING SMITH MOUNT LAKE OPEN, HELD IN VIRGINI >> THE LAKE WAS VERY PRESS IT IS A BIG BASS TOURNAMEN THERE WERE A COUPLE HUNDRE BOATS FISHING ON THE LAKE.

ONE FISH GET THROWN DOORS DAY FOR A COUPLE DAYS, THE WAS A COLLEGE TOURNAMENT T DAY BEFORE US, THE WAY YOU GENERALLY CATCH THE FISH I SLOWING DOWN.

IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO S.

>> Reporter: THE FRIENDS E CATCHING FISH.

THEY SAID THEY DO NOT KEEP THEM.

INSTEAD, THEY THROW EVERYT BACK THAT THEY HAUL IN.

FOR THEM, THE SPORT OF FIS PROVIDES A CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY NATURE.

THEY ARE BOTH CONSERVATION WITH A LOVE OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.

>> I DO NOT LIKE TO KILL F I AM ALL FOR THE CONSERVAT OF THE ECOSYSTEMS AND KEEP FISH POPULATIONS HEALTHY S CAN GO OUT AND CATCH THEM .

THAT WAY FUTURE GENERATION HAVE THESE AWESOME LAKES T EXPERIENCE.

>> Reporter: AFTER GRADUAT THEY PLAN TO ENLIST IN THE ARMED FORCES AND HOPE TO J THE MARINES.

BEFORE THEN, THEY HAVE A S THIS SUMMER AT WINNING THE UPCOMING BASS PRO SHOPS FI LEAGUE, WORLDWIDE, FISHING CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD IN ALAB >> FROM HERE WE GO TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

THAT IS FOR ALL HIGH SCHOO TEAMS.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST TOURNA FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

WE QUALIFY LAST YEAR FOR T NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND ARE GOING BACK TO THE SECO TIME.

THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR TOURNAMENT FISHING.

IT HAS BEEN A GOOD RUN.

>> Reporter: DEPOSIT HIGH SCHOOL FISHING CLUB WILL B NAMED THE BEST FISHING TEA AMERICA, NEXT MONTH, DURIN FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FRO JUNE 19 THROUGH THE 21st.

FROM PENNSYLVANIA, REPORTI FOR PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> FRENCHTOWN RECENTLY RECEIVED A MASSIVE $1 MILL GRANT.

THE MAYOR SAYS THE FUNDING USE FOR REVITALIZATION.

THIS WAS THE ONLY MUNICIPA TO RECEIVE A GRANT IN THIS ROUND OF FUNDING.

THIS COMES FROM A PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES FEDERAL MONEY THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTME TRANSPORTATION AND THE NOR JERSEY TRANSPORTATION PLAN AUTHORITY.

>> THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIO GRANT.

THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUN MONEY THAT WE WOULD NOT CO WITH ON HER OWN.>> Reporte COMES FROM THE FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR NONTRADITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS.

THEY SAID THE MONEY WILL B USED TO REVITALIZE THE DOW AREA WAS STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND INSTALLAT OF STREETLIGHTS.

THERE ARE NO LIGHTS NOW.

THAT DOES CAUSE THE TOWN T SHUT DOWN EARLY.

>> PEOPLE FOLLOW THE LIGHT IN THE EVENINGS, THE LIGHT IS SO BAD.

WHEN THEY COME ACROSS THE BRIDGE FROM PENNSYLVANIA, THEY WILL BE TO PHYSICALLY SEE THE DOWN AREA.

THEY CAN SPEND TIME, INSTE AT 5:00, THE STREETS ARE E >> Reporter: BETTY IS PART OWNER FRENCHTOWN FRESH, VE EATERY IN THE DOWNTOWN ARE SHE WAS EXCITED TO HEAR AB THE GRANT.

>> THAT IS FANTASTIC.

I WILL TELL YOU WHY, FRENC WOULD LIKE TO DO A COMMUNI EVERYBODY STAYS OPEN UNTIL LATE NIGHT, COULD BE THURS OR SATURDAY.

NOW, WITHOUT THE LIGHTING, IS DIFFICULT TO DO.

>> Reporter: THE GRANT WAS OF 27 ANNOUNCED BY THE AGENCIES.

IT DID TOTAL $20 MILLION.

FRENCHTOWN APPLIED FOR THE GRANT MULTIPLE TIMES BEFOR THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE RECEIVE THE MONEY.

>> WE REALLY, REALLY WANT SEE THE DOWNTOWN THRIVE.

WE WANT TO SEE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THRIVE.

THIS IS ONE MORE EXAMPLE O WHEN YOU WORK TOGETHER, GO THINGS COME TO YOU.

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED.

>> Reporter: THE MAYORS UP THE RENOVATION OF DOWNTOWN BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR >> WE WILL MOVE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE HAD A DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE.

WE WILL REFORM ANOTHER COMMITTEE NOW THAT WE HAVE MONEY COMING TO US.

WE ARE SHOVEL READY ONCE T MONEY COMES IN.

>> Reporter: ONCE THE MONE STARTS COMING IN, OFFICIAL WILL REACH OUT TO BUSINESS ORDINATE THE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE MAYOR SAYS HE IS HOPEF THE GRANT WILL BRING MORE BUSINESS TO THE AREA.

IN FRENCHTOWN, NEW JERSEY, REPORTING FOR PBS39 NEWS TONIGHT.

>>> THAT IS A RECAP OF THE PROGRAMS FROM THE LAST WEE I AM HALEY O'BRIEN, ON BEH OF MY REPORTER COLLEAGUES ALL OF US HERE ON PBS39, T YOU FOR WATCHING, AND CATC UP WITH PBS39 NEWS TONIGH >>> THIS HAS BEEN A PBS39 REPORTER CORE PRODUCTION, PROBABLY PRODUCED IN BETHL PA.

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