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JANUARY 12, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 3
Educating The Community About Addiction Potter’s House Plans Workshop BY ANN MEAD ASH
bout five years ago, Lanny Millette, director of donor relations with The Potter’s House and The Potter’s House of Ruth, heard Joel Jakubowski, who is now men’s ministry director with The Potter’s House, speak at a workshop in Quarryville. “I got excited about bringing that same type of information to the people of eastern Lancaster County,” recalled Millette. “The Potter’s House appreciates the way the community has supported us, and that was a way to give back information, help, and support.” Millette approached Jere Cassel, pastor of Conestoga Church of the Brethren, about using the centrally located church to hold the workshop. Cassel and his congregation agreed to help, and the first of several seminars was held. That series will continue with Addiction: Signs, Symptoms, and Prevention, a talk by Jakubowski followed by time for questions and answers, at the church,
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Jere Cassel (left) and Joel Jakubowski will take part in an addiction workshop presented by The Potter’s House and The Potter’s House of Ruth at the Conestoga Church of the Brethren.
Girls On Fairmount Friends Hold Food Drive The Run Goes Live! A little over a year ago, two friends and co-workers at Fairmount,
333 Wheat Ridge Drive, Ephrata, held their first food drive. The pair Valley View LPN Holly Keim and RN Katie Seibert, who works in
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Coming off a successful 5K at Millersville University in November, Katie Sandoe, executive director of Girls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster, and Jen West, program director, are excited about the 2022 season. “We are looking ahead to spring,” said West. “We are excited to be back to a 10-week season in person.” See GOTR pg 2
Katie Seibert (left) and Holly Keim collected hundreds of pounds of food at Fairmount.
rehabilitation - had first conceived of the idea in early 2020. A second drive was held during the summer of 2021 and a third drive from Nov. 29 through Dec. 13. “It’s something we wanted to continue to do because there’s a need,” said Keim, who noted that she hung up flyers and sent out emails encouraging staff and residents to bring unexpired, nonperishable food items, as well as personal care items to the lobby, in the Wheat Ridge building. Carol Swailes, Fairmount public relations coordinator, included the information in “In Touch,” the biweekly newsletter to all campus residents. See Fairmount pg 8
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