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Lancaster Farm Sanctuary Has A New Home By Francine Fulton
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The Lancaster Farm Sanctuary, which was opened in the summer of 2017 in Elizabethtown by Jonina Turzi and Sarah Salluzzo (not shown), recently moved to a larger location in Mount Joy.
Mount Joy Rotary Provides Free Food
Sweet Pea Plants Virtual Garden By Ann Mead Ash
Volunteers from the Mount Joy Rotary Club provided free french fries and hot dogs to community members on May 30. The Mount Joy Rotary Club members gave the community a reason to celebrate on May 30 when they offered their well-known Rotary french fries and hot dogs for free. Freshly made in the Rotary fry wagon, the free lunch was carried to waiting cars by Rotary volunteers looking for ways to give back to the local community.
The community responded by enjoying nearly 800 hot dogs and 400 pounds of french fries. Though the food was free, attendees could place donations in a bucket to support the Mount Joy Food Bank. “The donations from the community were $795.41,” Rotary co-president Greg Sallade reported. “That will all go See Mount Joy Rotary pg 2
More than 10 years ago, Stephanie Paige Cole, founder of Sweet Pea Project, an organization that offers comfort and support to families that have experienced the death of a baby, and her board members began holding a Sisters and Brothers Picnic for children who had a sibling who was lost during pregnancy or infancy. This year’s event was to be held on Saturday, June 6, at Dutch Wonderland. W hen the picnic was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, Cole wanted to re-create a part of the picnic in time for Mother’s Day, which was held on May 10.
A special part of the picnic is a chance to visit an area inside Dutch Wonderland that has been designated as a permanent Sweet Pea Project Remembrance Garden. “It has a big tree and hundreds of flowers, and our logo and sign is there,” said Cole, who noted See Sweet Pea pg 2
Sweet Pea Project, an organization that offers comfort and support to families that have experienced the death of a baby, has created a virtual flower garden that mothers and other family members may use to honor the child they lost. Although the virtual garden was created for Mother’s Day, it will be available into the future for those who would like to dedicate a flower to their child.
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In order to better accommodate its current group of rescued cows, sheep, goats, pigs and other farmed animals, as well as to provide space for even more animals in need, the Lancaster Farm Sanctuary recently relocated to a larger facility. The nonprofit sanctuary, founded in the summer of 2017 by Sarah Salluzzo and Jonina Turzi, was previously located at 558 Milton Grove Road South in Elizabethtown. The sanctuary’s new address is 1871 Milton Grove Road, Mount Joy. Although the new location is only 2 miles away from the previous farm, the new property has much more pasture space. “The previous farm was about 5 acres but only 3 was habitable, because there was a creek and wetlands,” explained board member Sara Petrosky. “The new farm is almost 18 acres, and almost all of it is pasture.” The biggest benefit of the new location is that the sanctuary will not have to turn
down as many requests by area police, humane workers and others who are seeking help for farmed animals in life-or-death situations. “We have people asking almost daily, ‘Can you take in this animal?’ A lot of times the requests are by the police. We also get calls from good Samaritans or neighbors,” Petrosky noted. “(The new location) will enable us to take in a lot more animals so we don’t have to say no so often.” She noted that when an animal first comes to the farm, it is examined by a veterinarian before it is allowed to have contact with the other animals. Animals that cannot be accommodated are referred to partnering sanctuary organizations. One of the site’s newest resident is Orville, a small lamb, who suffers from a bone infection and is currently on medication. “He couldn’t keep up with the other lambs, and someone brought him to the farm,” Petrosky explained. “We do the ‘Great Orville Watch’ where volunteers sit with him in two-hour segments.” Other residents of the farm include two pigs, Willa and Charlotte, who were found by humane See Lancaster Farm Sanctuary pg 4