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APRIL 21, 2021

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL XXXIII • NO 42

Clubs Partner To Raise Awareness, Collect Eyeglasses he Federated Women’s Club of Hershey recently partnered with the Hershey Lions Club to heighten awareness about vision impairment and to collect used eyeglasses. The joint effort began with a recent $250 contribution by the Federated Women’s Club of Hershey to the Hershey Lions Club to help people who are visually impaired. Carol Foley, local and state vision impairment awareness project chair and member of the Federated Women’s Club of Hershey, explained that vision impairment awareness is the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Pennsylvania’s (GFWC Pennsylvania) current two-year President’s Project. The initiative began due to a projected significant increase in the four most common eye problems over the next three decades, she noted. This projection came from the National Eye Institute. The monetary donation from the Federated Women’s Club of Hershey was used by the Hershey Lions to help an uninsured resident to obtain an eye exam and eyeglasses. The Hershey Lions have been helping the

The Hershey Lions have been helping the visually impaired since the club’s founding in 1944 with eye exams and glasses and through used eyeglass collections. Other GFWC Pennsylvania member clubs are also partnering with Lions clubs and other organizations in similar ways. Collectively, the Federated Women’s Clubs set a goal of gathering over 2,020 pairs of used eyeglasses for donation by May 2022. The clubs swiftly exceeded their goal with a recent

total of 2,045 used eyeglasses collected. In addition to assisting the visually impaired through her President’s Project, 2020-22 GFWC Pennsylvania president Sandy Hauenstein volunteers at Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania and hosts a two-hour weekly live radio broadcast, including current weather, news, opinion pieces, and articles, that is broadcast online and is available to the vision-impaired. General information about the state project is available at www.gfwcpennsylvania.org. Residents can learn more about the Federated Women’s Club of Hershey by searching for @FedWomens ClubHershey on Facebook. For more information about the Hershey Lions Club, readers may visit www.hersheylions.org.

Carol Foley, local and state vision impairment awareness project chair and member of the Federated Women’s Club of Hershey, displays over 100 pairs of donated, used eyeglasses.

Foundation Mandia Announces Retirement After more than 27 years in his the lives of residents. “From my lifePlans position, Derry Township director changing experience working with of parks and recreation Matt Man- the Jonathan Eshenour Foundation Cooking dia has announced his retirement, to expand the bicycle and pedestrian trail to 13.5 miles to the developeffective Friday, April 30. Class Mandia came to Derry Township ment of Gelder Park and Founders in 1994 as assistant director of parks and recreation and soon transitioned into the role of director. As director, he oversaw a variety of services, including the former recreation center on Cocoa Avenue, nine public parks that span a total of 194 acres, more than 13 miles of walking and biking trails, and numerous events and recreational programs. He shared that the department’s projects had made a difference in

The Mortel High Hopes for Haiti Foundation will host a virtual cooking class, “A Taste of the Caribbean: Cooking With Love to Bring Hope to Haiti,” on Sunday, May 2, at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Dr. Rod Mortel, founder of the Mortel High Hopes for Haiti Foundation, and his wife, Cecile, will demonstrate how to make a rum punch. John and Diana Cravotta,

Park to watching kids participate in programming at the recreation center only to eventually see them as parents walking through those same doors with their children, (it) is so impactful and gratifying knowing we made a difference,” he said. Mandia also reminisced about memories of the Memorial Day ceremony and parade, the Halloween parades, and the Kids Club and Summer Day Camp programs.

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visually impaired since the club’s founding in 1944 with eye exams and glasses and through used eyeglass collections. Used eyeglasses are collected to be matched up with people in need around the world. The Hershey Lions have also provided camp sponsorships for people with visual impairments, large-print books for the Hershey Library, and more.

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