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APRIL 28, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 19
14th Annual EPC Golf Outing Will Benefit Good Samaritan Services BY COURTNEY MENGEL
n 2002, Good Samaritan Services (GSS) purchased its first property in Phoenixville, where it was able to serve five people at a time. Nineteen years later, GSS has acquired 13 different properties and can serve 200 people every day. GSS came to the Lancaster County area in 2011 after opening an emergency shelter in Ephrata, which provides housing for women and children. GSS provides a full continuum of care to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. Some of the services offered by GSS include eviction prevention, emergency shelter, traditional housing, affordable housing, and permanent housing services across Lancaster and Chester counties. The organization’s end goal is to empower people to feel confident and capable enough to maintain their own safe and stable housing. “Our organization is unique in that we can help people with stable housing regardless of where they are in their journey,” stated GSS development and communications coor-
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dinator Shadoe Caprell. “A lot of times, people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness can’t receive assistance from agencies unless they reach the definition of homelessness. We can fill in the cracks.” Since July 2020, GSS has served nearly 400 men, women, and children through its emergency shelter, residential housing, and housing support programs; provided nearly $90,000 in rental assistance, including 18 eviction preventions; and helped 53 individuals and families successfully complete their programs and find stable housing. “I get to meet individuals in our shelter and hear their stories,” said Caprell. “They’re all such wonderful, beautiful people. There’s such a stigma that comes with homelessness, but it’s so far from the truth. Anyone can become homeless at the drop of a dime.” Ninety-seven percent of GSS’ funding comes from community donations and fundraisers such as the annual Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) Golf Outing. The 14th annual EPC Golf Outing will take place on Friday, June 11, at Crossgates Golf Club,
On hand at the 2020 EPC Golf Outing during a donation from $3,000 presenting sponsor Alwine Security to GSS were (from left) EPC representatives Lauren Hillegas, Jeremy Engle, and Jocelyn Engle; Alwine Security owner Jamie Alwine; Nate Hoffer, CEO of GSS; and Derek Sanders and Matt Rhoads of Alwine.
1 Crossland Pass, Millersville, with tee times at 7 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Meals, beverages, and snacks will be provided, and participants will have chances to win prizes throughout the golf course. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to GSS. “With COVID, people have been hit really hard this past year, so there are many people in need of the services that GSS offers,” noted EPC marketing director Lauren Hillegas. “You could be helping a family member or your neighbor.”
Make-A-Wish Truck Convoy Scheduled For Mother’s Day BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Staff from both GSS and EPC volunteer at the Golf Outing every year.
Summer Better Than Others Theater And Arts Camps Scheduled BY ANN MEAD ASH
“It will be fun having a full summer after last year,” said Bente Weaver, production manager of Cavod Academy. “We had to cut
The Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware & Susquehanna Valley Mother’s Day Truck Convoy will roll through town on Sunday, May 9. This year’s 100-truck convoy will leave from the Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction at 1:30 p.m. and will run a route from Manheim through Mount Joy. See Make-A-Wish pg 9
back a little bit last year.” Weaver is referring to the changes that were made in 2020 in order to keep campers and community members safe during COVID-19 restrictions. This year, Cavod, which was found-
ed with the vision of raising the standard in godly artistic expression, will hold three summer programs at Cavod Academy of the Arts, 665 W. Main St., New Holland, with one camp held at the Junction Center in Manheim. Circus Spectacular Camp will be held in New Holland for children ages 3 to 6 and 7 to 12 from Monday, July 5, through Friday, July 9.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Three Generattions Of Caring . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Chicken Barbecue To Benefit 2022 Banquet . . . .2 Business Directory . . . . . .2 First Pickin’ In The Park Planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
See Cavod pg 6
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Cavod Academy has scheduled dance and theater camps, along with camps that introduce children ages 3 to 12 to a variety of arts for the summer.
House Of Worship . . . . . .14 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .15
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See EPC Golf Outing pg 6