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Hope’s Haven Sets Yard, Bake Sale Hope’s Haven Horse Rescue and Youth Camp will benefit from a yard sale and bake sale on Saturday, Aug. 22, beginning at 9 a.m. The community is contributing to the event, which will take place at 33 Fieldstone Circle, Elizabethtown. The public is invited to attend. Event host Brenda Stauffer noted that there will be something for everyone, from babies to adults. “We have filled a tractor trailer-size storage unit,” Stauffer said. Items, which will be for sale by donation, will include furniture, toys, games, household items, holiday items, electronics, saddles, outdoor items, sports items, purses, dishes, and exercise equipment. Homemade soups, prepared in a certified kitchen, will be available in quartor pint-size containers. Baked goods will be donated by some well-known
local bakers. Proceeds from the event will go toward the care of the horses. Hope’s Haven Horse Rescue and Youth Camp, located between Elizabethtown and Bainbridge, pairs rescue horses with children who are facing challenges or difficulties in their lives. “Within this mentorship program, we strive to pair a rescue horse with a child of similar background, whether it be abuse, neglect, or another form of emotional/physical trauma,” said Diane Gruber-Strickland, founder and director of Hope’s Haven. “As long as I can remember, I’ve always had a vision and a desire to start a nonprofit,” Gruber-Strickland noted. “The desire (was) very strong in the area of equine rescue and at the same time helping at-risk, troubled youths.” She never gave up on that vision, and in See Hope s Haven pg 4
Hope’s Haven Horse Rescue and Youth Camp will hold a yard sale on Saturday, Aug. 22, in Elizabethtown.
Community Invited To Enjoy Free Ice Cream Gifts That Give Hope Fair Moves Online Congregation members from Elizabethtown Mennonite Church have been giving out water at the Elizabethtown Fair since 2007. Since this year’s fair has been canceled, the church will instead give out free ice cream on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the church, located at 300 S. Spruce St., Elizabethtown. The event is free and open to the community. According to Paul Swanger, minister of
outreach, the ice cream giveaway will be a drivethrough and it will take place in the church parking lot. Both chocolate and vanilla ice cream will be available. “We are renting a soft ice cream machine, and we will have it right inside the doors at the church. (We will) take orders and bring them out,” Swanger said, noting that about 20 church volunteers will help at the event. “If we run out of soft serve, we will have regular ice cream there as well.” Church members hope to reach as many community members as possible. “We had a water stand and gave out free water and prayed for people (at the fair),” Swanger shared. “This year, because of COVID we still want to bless the community somehow, so we had to be creative, and we decided to give out free ice cream. “We will have a prayer tent there if anyone wants to give a prayer See Elizabethtown Mennonite pg 4
By Ann Mead Ash
A year ago, Jenn Knepper, founder of the Gifts That Give Hope (GTGH) Lancaster Alternative Gift Fair, was looking forward to moving the fair from its location at the Farm and Home Center in Lancaster to The Junction Center in Manheim. This year, Knepper is talking about the online fair that the organization will hold on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. During that time period, those wishing to give an alternative gift may visit www.giftsthatgivehope.org and choose an organization to donate to. “You’re purchasing a gift for somebody, and we will send you a card with a description of the gift you purchased,” said Knepper, who added that the fair is the perfect vehicle to find a meaningful gift, especially for those who do not need anything in particular.
Knepper suspects that recent occurrences may have changed perspectives on meaningful gifts. “I think through this (pandemic) people may have realized that stuff really isn’t important, other than basic necessities,” she said. “(Instead of) all the stuff we might have thought was necessary, we See Gifts That Give Hope pg 7
Annette Roland of Music for Everyone (left) and Grace Julian of The Edible Classroom manned their tables at the 2019 Gifts That Give Hope Fair. The 2020 fair will be held as a virtual event on Dec. 5.
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Elizabethtown Mennonite Church will give out free ice cream to the community on Aug. 26.
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