Help Our Park

First a little history, The "Saucon Valley Living Memorial" concept was developed during the latter part of World War 2.  The local residents and military service personnel away from home had thoughts of establishing a memorial to honor those that served and died in the armed forces during the war.  The consensus of the opinion was that the memorial be something useful and of value to those living in the post war era.    A donation of $1,000 from the estate of Private George Patterson , who died in military service, to be used as part of the memorial, started this activity.  A public meeting was held in July 1945 and a memorial group was organized.  By the fall of 1945 the group had decided to purchase 49 acres to be developed as a community park.  An intensive fund raising campaign was organized to purchase the land.  Contributions from individuals, organizations, businesses and a loan provided the $5,000 needed to complete the purchase.  The park was named the "Saucon Valley Living Memorial".  The park was developed in the years that followed through the contributed efforts of the community.  Today the "Southern Lehigh Living Memorial Park" remains a non-profit, non-municipal, privately administered organization.  It continues to perform its original function to provide cost-free recreational opportunities for the Southern Lehigh residents and to honor all that served their country.
With that being said, we started this GoFundMe page to help with the ongoing costs associated with operating the park.  Specifically we are in need of a new tractor for maintaining the fields and grove areas, our existing tractor is over 30 years old.  We just had to get it serviced whereas that bill was over $1700.  This tractor is a workhorse and is used  for many hours, many times during the week.  We could also use some new playground equipment.  Between the age of some of the playground equipment and the vandalism that occurs from time to time, we could use some help.