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Garden Spot NOVEMBER 6, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 49
COOKING PROGRAM
CrossNet Ministries will host an “Easy Dessert” program on Monday, Nov. 11, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The program will be held in the Food and Nutrition Building, 127 W. Franklin St., New Holland. Attendees should use the back entrance. FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP
Weaverland Anabaptist Faith Community, 210 Weaverland Valley Road, East Earl, will host a community meal on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall for everyone who wants to share fellowship with others. For more details, call the church at 717-445-6348. HOLIDAY PRESENTATION
Ladies Fellowship will host “Heart and Home for the Holidays” by Tina Leaman and Tara Harting on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:15 p.m. Dinner will be included. The event will be held at Christian Fellowship Church, 758 Spruce Road, New Holland. All women are invited to attend. Reservations are required by Tuesday, Nov. 12, by contacting 717354-8428 or cfc@cfcnewholland.org. VENDOR SALE
will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Firepointville Fire Hall, 1087 Dry Tavern Road, Denver. A wide selection of home-based companies will be represented, and gifts will be for sale. There will also be door prizes and cash-and-carry items. Baked goods, subs, and hot food will be available for purchase and proceeds will benefit the Terre Hill Bible Fellowship youth group’s mission trip. Questions about the event may be directed to Joni Nolt at 717-445-0350.
MHALC Seeks Holiday Donations pg 4
By Ann Mead Ash
At Garden Spot High School (GSHS), teacher Lei Williams teaches English as a second language. Williams was born in Vietnam, and she has relatives there. In 2015, Williams first organized for a group of GSHS students to visit Vietnam. In the summer of 2019, she led a second group of students to the country. In May 2019, before the second trip, a group from Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1008 gave a presentation at GSHS. The organization’s educational committee visits nearly 20 middle and high schools a year, giving as many as 30 living history presentations. “Sometimes we have lunch, and teachers join us,” said Douglas Kelly, president of the chapter. During lunch in May, Williams talked to the veterans and asked if anyone in the group would like to return to Vietnam. Later on, she
contacted Kelly, and fundraising efforts to make the trip possible began. Williams has arranged for a group of 21, including 17 veterans and some spouses, to visit Vietnam from Friday, March 27, to Thursday, April 9, 2020. The group will raise funds for the trip at the seventh annual Martic MOST (Military Outreach Support Team) tribute to veterans on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Marticville Middle School, 356 Frogtown Road, Pequea. The free event will feature a refurbished Huey 823 helicopter, the Wall of Fallen Heroes of the Mid-Atlantic States exhibit, and displays by organizations such as the Quarryville VFW, Wreaths Across America, the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, and others. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m., and the program will begin in the auditorium at 9:30 a.m. The group will also hold a Dine to See Veterans pg 7
Preparing to return to Vietnam in 2020 are (front, from left) Army veteran Rich Mellott, Garden Spot High School teacher Lei Williams, (back) Marine Corps veteran Charlie Miller, and Navy veterans Doug Kelly and Ron Horn. A group of 21 will journey to Vietnam from March 27 to April 9.
Changing Lives One Class At A Time CrossNet Organizes Annual
Christmas Gift Program By Ann Mead Ash
WREATH PROJECT
The New Holland Knights of Columbus, Council 13451 will sell wreaths for the Wreaths Across America Project. The wreaths will be placed at headstones during ceremonies at Indiantown Gap National Military Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 14, at noon. To purchase a wreath to honor veterans, call Dave Gallton at 717-381-5627 or Pat Mulrooney at 717-419-6880. Wreaths can also be purchased after Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes in New Holland on Saturdays, Nov. 16 and 23, and Sundays, Nov. 17 and 24.
School To Stage “Anne Of Green Gables” pg 6
Veterans Make Plan To Return To Vietnam
SWAN (Scaling Walls A Note at a Time) teacher Lauren Reyes works with students at Wickersham Elementary School each Tuesday afternoon. SWAN offers music lessons to School District of Lancaster students who have a parent who has been incarcerated. By Ann Mead Ash
About a decade ago, Diana Vuolo, founder/executive director of SWAN
(Scaling Walls A Note at a Time), was an empty nester. A professional violinist and music teacher, she listened as her husband, Chuck, a pastor, described the See SWAN pg 9
CrossNet director of marketing and events Lisa Kerstetter likes the way the organization’s Christmas Gift Program offers benefits to those who give and those who receive. “One mother who is volunteering this year said that she is so excited to be able to help because this is the first year she feels like she is giving back to the program,” said Kerstetter. “One of our donors said this has become one of their favorite things to do at the holiday because their family gets involved in shopping. It has become one See CrossNet pg 2
CrossNet director of marketing and events Lisa Kerstetter has a number of toy bins to be placed with local organizations to gather donations for the upcoming Christmas Gift Program the organization holds yearly.
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