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COBYS Family Services celebrated 40 years in the Lancaster area at a banquet on March 12. The numbers being held up represent the more than 60,000 unique points of service COBYS has provided over four decades to children, adults, and families in the area.
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When COBYS Family Services held its 40th anniversary banquet celebration at Middle Creek Church of the Brethren on March 12, most of the presentations were made by video.
“ We didn’t do that because of COVID-19,” said Anne Stokes, director of development for COBYS, who was the program’s master of ceremonies with executive director Mark Cunningham. “It was just an easier way to do them.” See COBYS pg 2
In early May, two Lancaster titans of nonprofit affordable housing decided they would be stronger together. Board members of Tabor Community Services and Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership (LHOP) voted to approve merging the two organizations. Together they will build on a foundation of 75 years of service in housing advocacy and financial empowerment to area residents. “With the affordable housing crisis in the backdrop, we
approached the important question of merging two strong organizations,” said Mike McKenna, Tabor Community Services president. See Tabor And LHOP pg 3
Shelby Nauman (left), Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership’s COO and interim CEO, and Tabor Community Services president Mike McKenna are working to merge the two organizations into a single entity fighting homelessness in Lancaster.
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Masonic Village at Elizabethtown hosted student employees at a recognition event on May 27. A total of more than 96 high school and college seniors employed at the retirement community had been invited, and attendees included 49 high school seniors and one college senior. In accordance with all recommended safety precautions, residents from the retirement living areas of Masonic Village were present in cars or were appropriately spaced outdoors with signs to offer their congratulations to the young adults whom they have grown to know as their restaurant servers or, during the COVID-19 pandemic, food delivery staff; farm market cashiers; and other Masonic Village employees. Staff members also congratulated the seniors. The seniors had the option to attend in their prom attire, graduation cap and gown, or whatever other attire they chose to celebrate the occasion. In the campus’s Formal Gardens, students were professionally photographed one or two at a time following social distancing guidelines. Each student then received a prepackaged steak and crab cake meal prepared by Masonic Village’s food services staff. Masonic Village has hosted the Elizabethtown Area High Alicia Grove (left), lead server, and Mike Rowe, High school seniors donned graduation gowns School prom since 1995, as well as Donegal High School’s prom executive director of Masonic Village at Elizabethtown, were on hand to congratulate stuin preparation for having their photos taken in recent years, both of which were postponed and potentially dents during a recognition event on May 27. during Masonic Village’s recent celebration. See Masonic Village pg 4