As part of BounceU Lehigh Valley’s “Bounce It Forward” charitable program, which donates thousands of dollars’ worth of free parties, passes and merchandise annually to local family service nonprofit agencies, BounceU Lehigh Valley will donate backpacks to agencies in the Greater Lehigh Valley Foster Care Coalition, who will distribute them to school students in foster care.
Throughout the weekend of July 13-15, all three BounceU Lehigh Valley locations will celebrate the grand opening of the newest store by holding “open bounce” events that are open to the public and free…with a catch, adds Principato.
“The ‘price’ of admission is a donation of at least $5 worth of school supplies per guest. We’re expecting hundreds of customers to check out the new Easton location, and at least that many to visit our Allentown and Bethlehem stores over the grand opening weekend. We’ll take the supplies donated during those free events and use them to fill the backpacks—and we’re prepared to buy as many backpacks as we need to accommodate the supplies we collect,” he explains.
BounceU Easton features a layout and operation similar to the Bethlehem and Allentown stores. The facilities are extremely popular with active-minded kids and parents who enjoy each center’s huge “bounce stadiums” filled with the company’s exclusive, giant interactive inflatable rides and games, 100% private party packages and well-trained staff of high-energy “party pros,” most of whom are top students at area high schools and colleges. Twenty-five new employees who have been training at the Bethlehem store will transfer to BounceU Easton; the company employs about 100 in all.
General Manager Carissa Santos says since the phones have been busy with customers inquiring about the new location. “We think the new Easton store will be very convenient for current and new customers who live in New Jersey, the Pocono Mountain region and the northeastern portion of the Valley, since it’s within a twenty-minute drive of any of those areas,” she says.
