Grand Opening of BounceU’s 3rd Location to Benefit Lehigh Valley Foster Children

Popular party and recreation destination BounceU calls itself “#1 for Active Family Fun,” but when it celebrates the opening of its third Lehigh Valley location (1800 Sullivan Trail, Easton 610/258-4800) this summer, the beneficiaries will be local kids whose greatest hope is to simply have a family someday to call their own.  

“We’ve always had a special place in our hearts and in our stores for kids who are in foster care, and we know that many of them lack some of the simplest things that other children in permanent homes take for granted— like school backpacks. With the help of our customers, we’re going to change that when we celebrate the grand opening of our new location in Forks Township,” declares BounceU Lehigh Valley owner Mike Principato.

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.