Donegal JULY 31, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: HEMPFIELD REC TO HOST TENNIS TOURNAMENT page 4
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 30
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townlively.com for information about upcoming events and happenings in your community and throughout the region! 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
Chiques Challenge Planned pg 3
By Chelsea Peifer
The transformations in recent years at Our Home of Hope, a personal care home for 30 residents in Columbia, are as numerous as the hands that have helped to make them possible. After the main living area was painted and new pictures were hung on the walls, one resident told board president Mable Hershey that now it feels like walking into a hotel. “It’s like having a new home. They’re just in awe,” Mable shared. Mable and her husband, John, stepped in to help establish the home as a nonprofit organization in 2017 when it was on the brink of being shut down. Administrator Roxanne Simonson, who has been operating the home at 223-225 Cherry St. since 2001, reached out to the Hersheys in 2014 about the home’s dire situation. The building,
• 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
Forever Changed
The community is invited to see the renovations, additions, and changes at Our Home of Hope, a personal care home for 30 residents in Columbia, during open houses from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays, Aug. 4, 11, and 18.
Mount Joy Chamber Announces Annual Chicken Barbecue
Business Collaborates With Brittany’s Hope To Build Houses By Chelsea Peifer
As Elizabethtown resident Naomi Fredlund anticipated the five-year anniversary of her company, Life Changes Realty Group, she envisioned a celebration that could somehow involve all of the business’s clients. One agent suggested doing a larger-scale version of the payit-forward program that Life Changes operates, and Fredlund loved the idea. Through pay-it-forward, Life Changes real estate agents donate a portion of their commission earned when a deal is closed to the charity of the client’s choice. According to Fredlund, that has led to more than $350,000 being donated to various charities thus far. A fundraising endeavor independent of pay-it-forward, See Brittany’s Hope pg 9
Elizabethtown resident Naomi Fredlund (right) got to meet Miss Lieu (left) during a May trip to Vietnam with Brittany’s Hope. Fredlund and her company helped to raise nearly $15,000 to build homes for families in need in Vietnam through Brittany’s Hope, including one for Miss Lieu and her children.
Members and supporters of the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce invite the community to purchase tickets for the Chamber’s annual chicken barbecue on Aug. 17 at the Milanof-Schock Library. On Saturday, Aug. 17, the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce will host its 24th annual chicken barbecue at
the rear of the Milanof-Schock Library, 1184 Anderson Ferry Road, Mount Joy. See Chicken Barbecue pg 3
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• Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival, downtown York - Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25
formerly known as the Cherry Street Guest Home, was in disrepair, and the income generated from government funding and disability benefits for the residents was not enough to cover daily and long-term operating costs, let alone any capital improvements needed. The Hersheys had met Roxanne when a homeless man that they were adoptive caregivers for moved into the home. They felt compelled to help and have tirelessly worked to turn things around for the home’s residents and staff - all the while being amazed at the way God provides. The Hersheys noted that God continues to show everyone involved in operating Our Home of Hope that this is His project, as countless individuals act as His hands and feet. This year, a much-needed kitchen renovation was completed - taking that space from cramped and outdated to state-of-the-art. See Our Home Of Hope pg 7
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• Elizabethtown Fair, Elizabethtown Fairgrounds - Monday, Aug. 19, through Saturday, Aug. 24
4-H Club Makes Parade Float pg 2
A Place To Call Home
Lancaster County • Cavod Academy’s “Mary Poppins Jr.” at The Junction Center, Manheim - Saturday, Aug. 10, and Sunday, Aug. 11
Bookworm Frolic Scheduled pg 4