Hempfield
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 43
Win A Bag At Bingo For A Cause BY COURTNEY MENGEL
ccording to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. However, through research, treatments, surgeries, and determination, there are currently more than 3.8 million breast cancer survivors living in the U.S.
to help breast cancer patients buy groceries and tires, pay rent and mortgages, and cover day care fees and medical bills. As a nonprofit, Help The Fight can help anyone regardless of where they live, but Lancaster County and surrounding counties are its prime focus. On Sunday, March 6, Help The Fight will host its third annual designer bag bingo event, which
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Located at 143 Oakridge Drive, Mountville, Help The Fight is a nonprofit organization that supports individuals living with breast cancer. After her mother died from the disease and sister was diagnosed with it, Lynda Charles founded Help The Fight with her husband in 2009. What started as a bake sale has grown exponentially; Help The Fight has now raised over $800,000
Patient coordinator Susie Dailey (left), treasurer Bonnie Mann (center), and founder Lynda Charles invite the public to attend their designer bag bingo fundraiser.
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will feature brands such as Michael Kors, Tory Burch, Kate Spade, Coach, and Dooney & Bourke. Last year’s fundraiser was virtual due to COVID-19, but the upcoming cash-only event will be held in person at the Farm & Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. Doors will open at noon, and bingo will begin at 1:30 p.m. Attendees can play 20 games of bingo, with the opportunity to win a designer bag each round. There will also be four specials and one super special. If a bingo round has more than one winner, a tiebreaker will be played. “To support Help The Fight is to help the entire community,” said Charles. “We’re a blast. It’s a real fun event. We packed the house the first year and it was awesome. Hopefully we will meet some new people and have some new faces.” Food and beverages will be available for purchase at the event, and attendees can participate in giveaways of items donated to the organization. Sneak peek photos of designer bags for the event can be found on Help The Fight’s Facebook page. A discount will be given to those who prepurchase their tickets by contacting the office at 717-455-7095 by Friday, Feb. 25. “I’m all about our mission,” noted patient coordinator Susie Dailey. “I love our mission and I love our community. This event is a great way to give back and possibly win a designer handbag.” Those interested in sponsoring a designer bag must contact the office by Feb. 25. Donors will be listed in the program and acknowledged on social media. Help The Fight is seeking donations for the giveaways, whether in the form of gift baskets, artwork, or monetary gifts. Those interested can contact Help The Fight’s office at helpthefight now@gmail.com. For more information, visit www.helpthefight.org. Help The Fight is also active on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Good News! CEF After-School Clubs Return To Lancaster County BY ANN MEAD ASH
In the fall of 2021, Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) Good News Clubs went live again across Lancaster County and beyond. In the spring of 2022, in-person clubs are planned for elementaryage students in the school districts of Columbia, Conestoga Valley, ELANCO, Elizabethtown, Ephrata, Hempfield, LampeterStrasburg, Manheim Township, Penn Manor, Pequea Valley, Lancaster, Warwick, and Octorara. Virtual clubs will be offered in Cocalico, Donegal, Manheim Central, and Solanco school districts. A program for sixth- through eighth-grade students will also be starting at Martin Meylin Middle School in Lampeter-Strasburg School District. “We would like to get the clubs all restarted,” said Lisa Kilgore, director of CEF of Lancaster County, who noted that more than 30 clubs were meeting in the county prior to the onset of COVID-19. See CEF pg 3
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Wear Red Day Set For Feb. 4 . . . . . . . . . .2 Festival Posts Call For Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Business Directory . . . . . .3 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .9 House Of Worship . . . . . .12
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