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Conestoga Valley JULY 31, 2019
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Chester and Berks Counties • 91st annual Old Fiddler’s Picnic, Hibernia Park, Coatesville Saturday, Aug. 10 • Town Tours and Village Walks, tour of the village of Sadsburyville - Thursday, Aug. 15 • Free Third Saturdays at the Berks County Heritage Center, Reading - Saturday, Aug. 17 Dauphin and Lebanon Counties • Mount Gretna Art Show, downtown Mount Gretna Saturday, Aug. 17, and Sunday, Aug. 18 • “Picasso: A Life in Print,” Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg - through Sunday, Sept. 22 • The Pennsylvania Make It With Wool contest, Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg - Saturday, Oct. 5 Lancaster County • Chiques Challenge, Columbia River Park - Saturday, Aug. 10
• Richard Oehme Memorial Golf Tournament, Overlook Golf Course, Lancaster - Saturday, Sept. 21 York County • The Penn State Master Gardeners of York County’s Butterfly Buzz, Hanover Junction Station, Seven Valleys - Saturday, Aug. 17 • Shrewsbury Flower Show, Shrewsbury Assembly of God Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25 • Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival, downtown York - Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25
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Driving Forward HVMI Plans Golf Outing By Ann Mead Ash
Kyle Robinson, executive director of Handi*Vangelism Ministries International (HVMI), has a lot on his plate. Not too long ago, the ministry purchased the land at 3261 Rothsville Road, Akron, and work to receive approvals to locate camps, retreat centers, and day programs there is underway, with HVMI planning a capital fund campaign to begin in the fall. With all that looming, Robinson is well aware of the importance of maintaining the general budget. “Our golf outing is driving programs that are happening now,” explained Robinson. “Our general fund should be strong as we go into our capital campaign. We need to appropriately handle all the things God has given us.”
HVMI will hold its 17th annual golf outing at Tanglewood Manor Golf Club, 653 Scotland Road, Quarryville, on Thursday, Sept. 12. Contests will include a hole-in-one competition, closest to the pin, longest drive for men and women, straightest drive, and a putting competition. Registration and light fare will be at 11:30 a.m., followed by a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. Dinner will follow the round. HVMI offers recreational camps and more to people with disabilities and also includes Minds Renewed, BASIS, and REST Ministries. Plans for the land include a camp featuring a chapel/ dining hall, a cabin, a pavilion, and more. Recreational features that HVMI hopes to add will include a pool, a playground, a basketball court, and playing fields with ADA-compliant paved walking paths. Currently, the ministry rents two camps to offer seven weeks of See Golf Outing pg 5
Handi*Vangelism Ministries International (HVMI), which offers recreational camps and more to people with disabilities, will hold its 17th annual golf outing at Tanglewood Manor Golf Club, Quarryville, on Thursday, Sept. 12.
A Sweet Night Of Support
A Summer Experience With Purpose By Ann Mead Ash
Jennifer Eaton, manager of youth services with VisionCorps of Lancaster, laid out the rules early for the campers who took part in Camp Cool from June 17 to 21. The campers, each of whom has a vision impairment, were told that they were not allowed to come to Eaton and say, “I can’t (do something).” “They could say, ‘I need help’ or ‘I’m scared to do this,’” said Eaton. The idea behind the banned phrase was to encourage the 8- to 12-year-old students from Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties to creatively utilize the expanded core curriculum that camp leaders had set out for the week. “(The curriculum is) a set See Camp Cool pg 2
Campers who took part in the VisionCorps of Lancaster Camp Cool from June 17 to 21 experienced horseback riding, along with kayaking, cooking, and a number of other activities that helped them work to achieve independence.
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The Horst Brothers, a local gospel and bluegrass group, will play at A Sweet Night of Music, a fundraising event for We Help Children to be held at the Stoltzfus Homestead and Gardens in Gordonville on Aug. 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. By Ann Mead Ash
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