Greater Hershey Area ALSO SERVING HUMMELSTOWN AND MIDDLETOWN
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIV • NO 10
Fundraiser To Benefit Hope Springs Farm BY FRANCINE FULTON
Food, music, a sale of homemade baked goods and crafts, visits with live farm animals and a chance to win prizes will be some of the activities featured at Hope Springs Farm, 201 Trail Road, Hershey, during the
nonprofit organization’s annual Fall Harvest BBQ fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mission BBQ will cater the event and offer pulled pork, brisket, pulled chicken and sides. The Sweet Dawgs Frozen Yogurt truck will also be on hand. See Hope Springs Farm pg 2
Artisans and crafters will sell and display their work on Main Street.
Hummelstown Festival To Showcase Local Artists, Crafters Main Street will be closed during the day so that participants fter being canceled in 2020 can set up booths displaying their because of the pandemic, the artwork and handicrafts. CateHummelstown Arts Festival gories of items will include ceramwill return on Saturday, Sept. 18, ics and pottery, drawing and paintfrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 20th ing, fiber and wearable items, annual event will feature more than glass, jewelry, leather, metal, pho170 juried artists, a food court, chil- tography, sculpture and wood. dren’s activities and entertainment. Other items will include wreaths, gourds, soap and lotions and candles. “There is a formal application that the vendors have to fill out online, and they send it to the Hummelstown Arts Fest,” explained Carol Hollinger, who is publicity co-chair with Val Martin. “They are required to submit five photos (illustrating) that they made the items themselves. There is a jury that goes through all the applications.” Free crafts and activities for children, entertainment and food will be The 2021 Hummelstown Arts Festival set up around the town poster design was created by Barbara BY FRANCINE FULTON
Local seniors age 55 and over are invited to enjoy fellowship, a homemade meal and entertainment at Seniors Alive, a program offered at Middletown First Church of God, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Seniors Alive meets on the third Thursday of each month from September through May in the church social hall, located in the
See Arts Festival pg 2
See Seniors Alive pg 3
Those who attend Hope Springs Farm’s Fall Harvest BBQ will be able to visit with live farm animals.
Middletown Church Offers Group For Seniors
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square. Creative caricatures by Ali Thome will be offered from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and balloon art by Balunguy will take place from noon to 3:30 p.m. There will also be face painting by Lower Dauphin High School National Art Honor Society students, sandy candy, balloon yo-yos and crafts and activities presented by the Hummelstown Recreation Board and Emergency Management Agency. Additionally, local Boy Scouts will have a Lego racetrack, and the Dauphin County Library System will be on hand with its mobile outreach vehicle named MARCO. Music will be provided by DJ Bill Runkle. “People park in town and walk. It’s basically a street fair. It’s a lot of fun,” Hollinger said. Proceeds from the festival will go toward the Robert M. Nisley Memorial Scholarships, which are awarded to Lower Dauphin High School seniors who will attend an institute of higher education to major in visual arts or music.
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