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AUGUST 3, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Second Blood Drive In Honor Of #5
VOL LVIX • NO 13
Strasburg Lions Club To Present Veterans’ Concert BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Ryan Smith was an ambitious athlete and would have turned 23 on Aug. 9. BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
he second annual blood drive in memory of Lampeter-Strasburg alumnus Ryan Smith will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 1 to 6 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 101 S. Decatur St, Strasburg. The date has been chosen to align with what would have been Ryan’s 23rd birthday, and the drive will be held in partnership with American Red Cross. Ryan battled acute myeloid leukemia and passed away in March 2021. “He was always very grounded in faith and family and was a hard worker in every respect of the word,” said Ryan’s mother, Kim. “He had such a kind heart. If you met him, you would never forget him.” Ryan had been studying exercise science at East Stroudsburg University and was a remarkable athlete; he was named Pennsylvania
treatment for the good of the com- used to restore a dilapidated munity. “The fund is a place for us basketball court on the Lampeterto put the money raised for Ryan so Strasburg school campus, beginit can be used for community out- ning in August. Ryan’s mother first had the idea to rebuild the reach,” said Kim. Additionally, several scholarships court while driving past it on the have been created in his name, way to Hans Herr Elementary, where she teaches. including the Ryan N. Smith Youth “ I t w a s s u c h a “I drive past it twice Scholarship Fund success last year. I a day and noticed the nets were brothrough Millersville d e c i d e d I w o u l d ken and it had fallCommunity Church. The scholarship love to make it an en into disrepair,” said Kim. “I thought helps students pay annual event.” it would be a great for a variety of camps and programs as well as sec- project. All of the kids at the ondary education. Each year, a school are so excited.” Ryan’s senior at Lampeter-Strasburg High friends have also organized a golf School receives a RelentlesS Schol- scramble in early August, which arship. The Smiths have also coordi- will benefit the Leukemia & Lymnated two stem cell bone marrow phoma Society. Walk-ins will not be accepted for drives in East Stroudsburg, yielding the drive. To register, visit over 500 donors. Among many upcoming pro- www.redcrossblood.org/ with jects, the RelentlesS Fund will be sponsor code RYAN.
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State Athletic Conference East Freshman of the Year in 2019 prior to his diagnosis and wore jersey #5 as a member of the basketball team. Kim began the blood drive in her son’s memory after a member of the community outreach group Mitzvah Moms connected her with the American Red Cross. “It was such a success last year,” she said. “I decided I would love to make it an annual event.” The blood drive is not the Smiths’ only effort to help the community; they have actively coordinated multiple projects over the last year and have big plans for the future. In the wake of Ryan’s death, his family and friends have persistently worked to aid their communities in his name. The Ryan N. Smith RelentlesS Fund was established through the Lancaster County Community Foundation as a way to use the funds raised for Ryan during his
The Strasburg Lions Club invites the community to attend its annual veterans’ concert on Sunday, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. The event will be held at its traditional location on the front lawn of the Strasburg Borough Office, 145 Precision Ave., Strasburg. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a shady reprieve from the August sun while the Lampeter-Strasburg Band performs various compositions to honor the community’s veterans. The program will include selections such as “The Star-Spangled Banner” and a medley of songs representing the various branches of the military. Each year, veterans in attendance are recognized by the branch they served in and are asked to stand when the corresponding service song is played. The overarching
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