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MARCH 23, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIII • NO 6
Nar-Anon Provides Support BY CATHY MOLITORIS
“When you have a loved one who is addicted, you feel like nobody gets it,” said Linda Cary. “You feel so helpless, and you think nobody else can understand. Your life revolves around it.” The good news, Cary noted, is that you are not alone. Cary knows firsthand what it’s like to love someone who is addicted to drugs, and she also knows what it’s like to
The Rotary Club of Mount Joy will hold a free shredding event.
Rotary Club Will Offer Free Shredding BY CATHY MOLITORIS
erhaps now more than ever, it’s important to shield your personal information from potential identity thieves. The Rotary Club of Mount Joy wants to help you stay safe. The club will host a free shredding event on Saturday, April 2, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy. Although the event is free, cash donations will be accepted to support the library, said Rotary member Ron Carper. He noted that the club has been hosting the community shredding event for about five years. “It’s community service, which is something that’s important to our club, and there is a demand for this,” he stated. “It’s important to shred your financial information or other personal information rather than just throwing it out.” Last year, the club implemented a
stated. “We provide financial support, and we lead initiatives and projects in Mount Joy. … About once a month, we get together to do a mini project that takes maybe half an hour, like cleaning up around the town clock.” The group undertakes bigger projects that can last for months or even years until completion, such as building the Kids Joy Land in Mount Joy Borough Park and establishing the 13-acre Rotary Park. The group also sponsors a local Boy Scout troop and supports community organizations such as Rainbow’s End Youth Services. “We are always looking for new members, people who are serviceoriented,” Carper said. “It’s fun to get together to socialize, but we really stress the importance of community service. We’re doing this to give back to the community.” For more information on the Rotary Club of Mount Joy, contact club president Len Nolt at mountjoypres@gmail.com.
See Nar-Anon pg 8
Linda Cary
You’re Invited To Join The Battle BY CATHY MOLITORIS
There’s a war going on around you, and you’re invited to join the fight. Welcome to the Battle will be held on Friday, March 25, at Lancaster Evangelical Free Church, 419 Pierson Road, Lititz. The event, which will begin at 5:30 p.m., is organized by North Star Initiative (NSI), a Lititz-based nonprofit that supports victims of human trafficking. See Battle pg 6
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few rules for the event due to COVID, Carper said, and the rules worked so well, the group is keeping them in place again this year. Attendees are asked not get out of the car; instead, volunteers will unload the material to be shredded, all of which should be placed in the car’s trunk. Attendees should place all material in a cardboard box or paper bag, and no plastic containers will be accepted. No boxes or other containers will be returned. Attendees may not wait or gather around the shred area after drop-off. Carper noted that following the rules allows the process to run smoothly and in a time-efficient manner. “This event was very well attended last year, and people line up for it,” he said. “It may look like a long line, but you’ll get through it quickly. It goes fast.” The shredding event is just one of many community projects that the Rotary Club of Mount Joy holds throughout the year. “We are primarily a service club,” Carper
find the support she needed for herself through Nar-Anon, a program focused on helping friends and family members of addicts. Cary is starting a local Nar-Anon meeting on Mondays at 7 p.m. at the Lutheran Church Parish Life Center at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 125 E. High St., Elizabethtown. Cary grew up in this area but spent 50 years living in Texas. While there, she watched her daughter struggle with drugs from the age of 14. Her daughter eventually passed away six years ago from lung cancer, and Cary is certain the drugs contributed to the problem. Two of her grandchildren also have addictions. Still, Cary is not hopeless. She found support and help in Nar-Anon. When she moved to Elizabethtown to be closer to family, Cary wanted to join a local meeting. “I started looking for a Nar-Anon meeting here, and I couldn’t find one,” she recalled.
