Greater Hershey Area ALSO SERVING HUMMELSTOWN AND MIDDLETOWN
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIII • NO 46
Fundraiser To Provide COVID Relief In Bolivia local youth recently undertook a project to aid Bolivian orphans as part of a larger COVID-19 outreach through Friends In Action Intl. (FIA), a nonprofit headquartered in Middletown. The project began when Lily Medich, 11, of York, learned through FIA’s website about the great need in Bolivia. Northern Bolivia in particular has been significantly affected during the pandemic and continues to be severely underresourced. The town hospital has a maximum capacity of 35 beds and one ventilator, and many people from nearby villages along the Amazon River travel two days to find medical items as simple as acetaminophen. Bolivian doctors have run out of many medications. “I can’t imagine living somewhere where there are no food banks, no shelters, or no clothing banks to help the people. I just knew I had to help in any way I could,” commented Lily. Lily decided to raise funds to help the Hogar de Andre de Esperanza y
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Alegria Orphanage. Due to another round of lockdowns, the children had not been able to get new shoes in quite some time, so Lily set a goal to raise $2,000 so each of the close to 100 orphans could receive a new pair of shoes. Working from her interest in art and fashion, Lily decided to handpaint bayong bags her Thai aunt helped her purchase from a womanowned Thai business. “I was excited that purchasing the purses was also going to bless the artisans who handmade them in Thailand. It’s like a double blessing,” Lily explained. Starting with 16 bags, Lily used acrylic paints to decorate the purses with her own design or with different flower patterns she learned through YouTube tutorials. By producing something both beautiful and useful, she hoped other women and girls would join her fundraising efforts. As of May 3, Lily had raised $1,200 toward the effort by asking family and friends to donate online to FIA’s work in Bolivia.
Lily Medich displays bags that she hand-painted and planned to sell, with proceeds benefiting Friends In Action Intl.’s relief work in Bolivia.
Foundation Lower Dauphin Teams Win Envirothon Three teams of Lower Dauphin Plans Golf High School students took home accolades in the annual Dauphin County Envirothon on April 28. The team of Tournament Colee Baker, Emma Dickinson, Abby
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English, Anna Mauger and Carolyn O’Donnell placed first; the team of Avery Book, Jason Carver, Conor Grubb, Luke Johns and Austin Little came in second; and the team of Michael Estes, Nicole Estes, Alek McGlaughlin, Draker Risser and Zachary Simpson placed fourth.
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The Hershey Lions Club Foundation will hold its 32nd annual Henry F. Nixon Memorial Amateur Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 5, at 1 p.m. at the Manada Golf Club, 609 Golf Lane, Grantville. The event raises funds to benefit projects of the Hershey Lions Club Foundation, including eye exams and glasses, sponsorship of youth sports teams, support for the Hershey Food Bank, student backpacks, and student scholarship awards.
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Lower Dauphin High School students (from left) Anna Mauger, Abby English, Emma Dickinson, Carolyn O’Donnell and Colee Baker are all smiles after winning the Dauphin County Envirothon.
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