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VOL XXXVI • NO 22
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Help The Fight Revamps Benefit Event By Dayna M. Reidenouer
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Help The Fight patient coordinator Susie Dailey (left) and founder/president Lynda Charles are collecting items for an online auction in October.
Gifts That Give Hope Fair Moves Online Spreading A Pandemic Of Love By Ann Mead Ash
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A year ago, Jenn Knepper, founder of the Gifts That Give Hope (GTGH) Lancaster Alternative Gift Fair, was looking forward to moving the fair from its location at the Farm and Home Center in Lancaster to The Junction Center in Manheim. This year, Knepper is talking about the online fair that the organization will hold on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. During that time period, those wishing to give an alternative gift may visit www.giftsthatgivehope.org and choose an organization to donate to. “You’re purchasing a gift for somebody, and we will send you a card with a description of the gift you purchased,” said Knepper,
Annette Roland of Music for Everyone (left) and Grace Julian of The Edible Classroom manned their tables at the 2019 Gifts That Give Hope Fair. The 2020 fair will be held as a virtual event on Dec. 5. who added that the fair is the perfect vehicle to find a meaningful gift, especially for those who do not need anything in particular. See Alternative Gifts pg 3
Looking back at the abrupt changes he dealt with last March when COVID-19 restrictions temporarily closed the state, Spencer Browne, now a rising senior at The Stone School in Lancaster, was philosophical. “When something as shocking as a pandemic happens, there are many different ways to (react),” noted Spencer. “I think it consumes a lot of people and they are stuck in shock about the world being so different they can’t do anything … but we saw it as an opportunity to help people who are in that stasis.” Spencer, along with his family, which consists of his parents, Jen and Sean Browne, and his brother, Jayden, home from college in Minnesota, joined forces with volunteers Michelle Simon
Spencer Browne (left) and Jayna Ribner are part of Pandemic of Love’s Lancaster chapter. The new organization was designed to match donors with those affected by the pandemic to help cover utility bills and other needs. and Deb Miller and fellow students Jayna Ribner and Henry Willis to form See Pandemic Of Love pg 2
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For the past 10 years, Lynda Charles, founder and president of Help The Fight, a breast cancer charity, has spent late summer preparing for the organization’s annual benefit banquet and auction, which is regularly held at Spooky Nook Sports in October. This year has been a bit different. Charles noted that the board of directors carefully considered the implications of hosting the event and decided that the wisest course of action was to suspend the banquet even though its cancellation will have an economic impact on Help The Fight. “We’ve built a good support team over the years, and we just aren’t willing to put anyone in jeopardy,” Charles said. She noted that even though the venue offered extra precautions beyond
the standards required by the CDC, guests with altered immune systems and those undergoing cancer treatment might not feel safe at the event. Additionally, attendance at the event would have been capped at 250, a significant decrease from the 600 people who participated in the 2019 affair. Proceeds from the banquet and auction are used to support individuals living with breast cancer. Help The Fight has provided funds to buy groceries and tires, pay rent and mortgages, and cover day care fees and medical bills. The Internal Revenue Service caps the support at $500 per client per calendar year, but clients may reapply each year. In 2019, Help The Fight assisted nearly 200 individuals. It is on track to aid a similar number of people this year. “The requests are coming just as they have any other year. We like to keep a