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APRIL 28, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 14
A Year In The Life Of Seniors BY CATHY MOLITORIS
On hand at the 2020 EPC Golf Outing during a donation from $3,000 presenting sponsor Alwine Security to GSS were (from left) EPC representatives Lauren Hillegas, Jeremy Engle, and Jocelyn Engle; Alwine Security owner Jamie Alwine; Nate Hoffer, CEO of GSS; and Derek Sanders and Matt Rhoads of Alwine.
Evaleen Weinhold, a 96-year-old resident of Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community in Manheim, summed up the resilience of senior citizens this past year when she imparted the lesson she’s learned from the pandemic: “Lean on the Lord and go to your knees. … This, too, shall pass.” While COVID-19 has affected all segments of the population, the impact has been particularly hard on seniors like Evaleen, who have
14th Annual EPC Golf Outing Will Benefit Good Samaritan Services In 2002, Good Samaritan Services (GSS) purchased its first property in Phoenixville, where it was able to serve five people at a time. Nineteen years later, GSS has acquired 13 different properties and can serve 200 people every day. GSS came to the Lancaster County area in 2011 after opening an emergency shelter in Ephrata, which provides housing for women and children. GSS provides a full continuum of care to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. Some of the services offered by GSS include eviction prevention, emergency shelter, traditional housing, affordable housing, and permanent housing services across Lancaster and
Chester counties. The organization’s end goal is to empower people to feel confident and capable enough to maintain their own safe and stable housing.
“... There’s such a stigma that comes with homelessness, but it’s so far from the truth. Anyone can become homeless at the drop of a dime.” “Our organization is unique in that we can help people with stable housing regardless of where they are in their journey,” stated GSS development and communications coordinator Shadoe Caprell. “A lot of times, people who are homeless or
Staff from both GSS and EPC volunteer at the Golf Outing every year.
at risk of homelessness can’t receive assistance from agencies unless they reach the definition of homelessness. We can fill in the cracks.” Since July 2020, GSS has served nearly 400 men, women, and children through its emergency shelter, residential housing, and housing support programs; provided nearly $90,000 in rental assistance, including 18 eviction preventions; and helped 53 individuals and families successfully complete their programs and find stable housing. “I get to meet individuals in our shelter and hear their stories,” said Caprell. “They’re all such wonderful, beautiful people. There’s such a stigma that comes with homelessness, but it’s so far from the truth. Anyone can become homeless at the drop of a dime.” Ninety-seven percent of GSS’ funding comes from community donations and fundraisers such as the annual Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) Golf Outing. The 14th annual EPC Golf Outing will take place on Friday, June 11, at Crossgates Golf Club, 1 Crossland Pass, Millersville, with tee times at 7 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Meals, beverages, and snacks will be provided, and participants will have chances to win prizes throughout the golf course. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to GSS.
The Friends of the Manheim Community Library will hold their annual spring book sale at the Manheim Farm Show Exhibition Hall, 502 Adele Ave. The sale will take place on Thursday and Friday, May 6 and 7, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to noon. Saturday’s sale will be a bag sale, with special prices for filling one or two bags with books.
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Barbara Mayo (left) and her roommate, Marlene Campbell, enjoy praying and singing together at Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community.
Manheim Community Library To Hold Book Sale
INSIDE THIS ISSUE New Book Celebrates Manheim’s History . . . . . .2 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Business Directory . . . . . .6 MCFEE To Hold Virtual Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Make-A-Wish Truck Convoy Scheduled For Mother’s Day . . . . . . . . . . .9 House Of Worship . . . . . . .9 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .11
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dealt with fear, isolation and loneliness as the pandemic has closed retirement communities to the public. With restrictions being lifted, seniors at Mount Hope reflected on this past year - and how community members can help support the mission of the retirement community. Before she came to Mount Hope, Evaleen worked as a registered nurse and raised four children with her husband, Ernest, who passed away in 2015. When the pandemic hit, she learned to cope without visits from her children and grandchildren. “I just didn’t feel as free,” she recalled. “I kept thinking, ‘This, too, will be conquered,’ ... The Lord gives me what I can bear and the wherewithal to bear it if I need to.” While her family could no longer come and sit on her bed with her, they could talk to her on a phone from outside her window.