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APRIL 21, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 18
Three Generations Of Caring BY ANN MEAD ASH
eb Reimers of New Holland remembers when she first began volunteering at what was then called the New Holland Food Bank when it was being run by area churches more than 30 years ago. “Kathy Newswanger asked if I wanted to help,” recalled Deb, adding that the food bank was then located in a little room at the end of a strip mall near the corner of Main Street and Oak Avenue. The recollection is significant because it led to three generations, including her three children and nine grandchildren, now volunteering with CrossNet Ministries in a variety of capacities. Deb, who has since served on the ELANCO School Board and as chair of the CrossNet Ministries board, said there is a singular reason for her efforts. “(Volunteering) is what the Lord tells us to do,” she said, adding that she has served because she felt the Lord calling her to do so.
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Deb began setting an example for her three children, sons Adam and Josh and daughter Heather, when they were very small, taking them along when the food bank moved to Trinity Lutheran Church. “Many of the volunteers were older, and food was stored upstairs in the church and brought down to the food bank,” said Deb, who noted that her children were able to bring food down from upstairs. “(In the summer), we would work at the food bank and then go to the pool,” she said, adding that her sons, both Cub Scouts, took part in the Scouting for Food collection each fall. Now, both Heather and Deb’s daughter-in-law, Hannah, who is married to Adam, help regularly at CrossNet’s Food and Nutrition Center, and Heather answers phones sometimes in the CrossNet office. Adam delivers food to the pantry and helped with the Homestead Project, pledging money to the effort with each home he sold as a real estate agent. Heather’s husband, Jason, served as a mentor for See Three Generations pg 7
Three generations of the Reimers family currently volunteer in a variety of ways with CrossNet Ministries of New Holland.
Rotary Bike War Memorial To Host First May Market Ride Planned Last fall, a few creative friends For The were talking. They had all taken part in fall vendor events, and they wonCommunity dered about holding a spring show. BY ANN MEAD ASH
The Lancaster Sunrise Rotary has planned its 17th annual bicycle ride for 2021, dubbing it the Ride for the Community. Club member Steve Bareuther noted that in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 ride was postponed and then finally canceled, but this year, the ride is set to go live. See Bike Ride pg 3
“We’re going to have fun,” said Barb Dagen, one of the organizers of the first May Market. Dagen added that the timing of the event just prior to Mother’s Day will provide opportunities to purchase reasonably priced gifts mothers will appreciate. See May Market pg 7
Organizers of the first May Market include (front, from left) Barb Dagen, Betty Esbenshade, (back) Caroline Lindsley, Joyce Deiter, and Barb Zook.
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