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A Chance To Get Refreshed And More Free Showers Deploy Weekly prior to school. She would also like to find places in Solanco, Pequea Valley, and East Lampeter to offer efresh Lancaster is a mobile the service. shower and medical care serThe unit offers two private vice unit offered by a partnershowers to accommodate families ship involving Lancaster EMS, and children, along with clean LancCo MyHome, and a local entity towels and toiletry kits. Women’s depending on the area of the counhygiene kits, made up by the Lanty where the unit deploys. The curcaster Pilot Club, include encourrent schedule puts the unit at a aging cards, nail files, wipes, location from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. mouthwash, lip balm, shampoo, On Mondays, the unit is in and conditioner. Items for men Columbia at Columbia Presbyterian include razors and shave gel. “We Church, 360 Locust St. Columbia, have socks, underwear, bras, and on Tuesdays, it sets up at undershirts, and we have some things for children too,” stated Morales, who added that a partnership with GROVE, a cleaning supply company, helps stock the kits and provides cleaning supplies for families. The unit also offers pregnancy tests and resources. But Refresh is more than just a place to freshen up. Lancaster EMS offers a community care medicine program, which visits homes of those referred by Lancaster General Health or who qualify under insurance. “The goal is to help prevent unnecessary hospital stays,” said Morales, who noted limiting emergency room visAlix Mullins (left) and Alexa Morales staff the Refresh Lancaster mobile shower unit. its is another aim of BY ANN MEAD ASH
the program. “I am fully capable and stocked to monitor vitals and in the near future, we will be doing diabetic screenings through (Lancaster General Health),” said Morales, who also has phlebotomy training, but noted she would need to be informed ahead of the need for a blood draw. “If someone is in a diabetic emergency, I have glucose to try to help reverse that,” she added. “We have ways to help with medical aspects.”
The unit offers two private showers to accommodate families and children, along with clean towels and toiletry kits. While the trailer can carry 40 gallons of water, Morales noted it is better to hook up to a water source at the location than to haul water, so weather is sometimes an issue. “If it’s below freezing, we will not deploy because our water lines will freeze,” she explained, adding that another issue is high winds that make it difficult to haul the trailer safely. “If we don’t bring the trailer, I will still go out in the truck or the ambulance or another vehicle to at least provide medical attention,” said Morales. Readers who would like to know more about the program may call 717-690-6538 or email alexandra_morales@lemsa.com.
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“This is the first normal year (my wife, Sofie, and I have been pastoring New Life Church),” said Chris Smucker, who is now pastor of New Life, which meets at 10 a.m. on Sundays in the Cavod Theatre, 641 W. Main St., New Holland. Chris became pastor of the church in January of 2020, but with COVID-19 restrictions interrupting regular life, the pastor is only now feeling a normalcy in the position. New Life is part of Dove International. Dave Dienner had served as pastor for many years prior to the transition to Chris and Sofie. Dave’s wife, Connie, noted that by spring of 2018, the Dienners were looking for a younger couple See New Life pg 6
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ECHOS, 61 E. Washington St., Elizabethtown. In New Holland, the local partner is CrossNet Ministries, so the unit is at 110 W. Franklin St., each Wednesday, and on Fridays, the unit is at Union Community Care, 304 N. Water St., Lancaster. Alexa Morales, community paramedic technician and shower trailer lead, noted that a place is needed in Ephrata to deploy on Thursdays. Morales would like to add a second early morning deployment in the city of Lancaster where children could shower
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