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Wilkes University’s Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate 50th anniversary Oct. 24

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JCC Day Camp receives donation

<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; For each goal scored on home ice this season by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Dunkin&#8217; Donuts will donate five pounds of coffee to a local food bank.</p><p>For the second year, the &#8220;Goals for Coffee&#8221; program will support CEO Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank, which provides food assistance to faith-based and non-profit organizations to distribute to needy families in Luzerne, Lackawanna, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.</p><p>The program at the end of last season donated 552 pounds of coffee.</p><p>&#8220;We are grateful for our many community partners who donate food and beverages, like Dunkin&#8217; Donuts coffee, and help raise awareness about hunger in our region,&#8221; said Gene Brady, Executive Director of the Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO).</p><p>To start the season off, Dunkin&#8217; Donuts is donating 30 pounds of coffee after the Penguins on Saturday rallied from a 3-0 deficit and scored 6 goals to win their home opener against division rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms.</p><p>The team returns home Saturday night.</p><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Joe Dolinsky at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</p></shirttailMeta></div>

‘Goals for Coffee’ teams Dunkin’ Donuts, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in program benefiting local food bank