Manheim Central /townlively
MAY 27, 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: SCORE OFFERS SUPPORT TEAM page 3
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 19
Mount Hope Plans Chicken Barbecue Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community in Manheim will hold a drivethrough takeout chicken barbecue on Friday, June 12, from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, June 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of LCBC Manheim, 2392 Mount Joy Road, Manheim. The per-meal cost is $12. Each meal will include a half-chicken, a baked potato, a roll and butter, and applesauce. Preorders will be taken and meals will be saved under the name provided when ordered. Attendees will be asked to specify pickup for June 12 or June 13. Prepayment will not be accepted; all payments must be made when picking up the meals. The public is invited. Proceeds will go toward Mount Hope’s Coronavirus Assistance Fund. To preorder, call Kris Wilson at 717-682-8026 or email advancement@ mthopenazarene.org by Saturday, June 6. Due to the current COVID-19
restrictions, those serving meals will follow all CDC guidelines. No handling of money will occur on the days of food pickup. A drop-box will be provided for customers to leave payments in the form of cash or of checks made payable to “Mt. Hope NRC.” Change will not be provided; if change is needed, it will be considered a donation. Mount Hope is a 50-bed skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation center in rural Rapho Township that serves seniors regardless of their ability to pay. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mount Hope created a Coronavirus Assistance Fund to help cover the unanticipated increased costs of safely providing care for residents. These funds help with the purchasing of personal protective equipment, covering unforeseen expenses related to additional building and cleaning supplies, easing the financial shortfall from reduced giving trends, and
providing for unexpected costs as staff is needed to fulfill roles once held by volunteers. Many in the community have partnered with Mount Hope. Churches in the Manheim area have sewn and provided gowns and face masks, provided monetary assistance, and delivered homemade meals and baked goods. The Manheim Ministerium recently donated $500 to the Coronavirus Assistance Fund. The ministerium, a network of area churches and faith-based nonprofits, has worked for more than 50 years for the Manheim community in times of crisis and as a support to new missions. At Mount Hope, residents receive special care provided by health care workers, including nurses, nursing assistants, housekeepers, dietary and activity personnel, administrators, and directors. Mount Hope is appreciative of the acts of kindness and support from the local community.
Presenting a donation of $500 to Kris Wilson (second from left), Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community director of advancement, are (from left) pastor Blaine Wenger of Ruhl’s United Methodicst Church (UMC) and Manheim Ministerium president; pastor Bill Melone of Manheim BIC Church and ministerium secretary; and pastor John Laughlin of Salem United Methodist Church and ministerium treasurer. Mount Hope will hold a chicken barbecue on June 12 and 13 at LCBC Manheim.
MDS Coordinates Mask Effort
Aaron’s Acres hopes to have a new home at the Hoffer Farm property located adjacent to Pleasant View Retirement Community on North Penryn Road in Manheim. Pleasant View plans to build a cultural center on the property with the goal to complete it by 2022.
Members of the Plain community are working with Mennonite Disaster Service to produce masks for health care workers and others in the county in need. The effort produced more than 20,000 masks in its first week.
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Aaron’s Acres Finds Permanent Home In Manheim
By Ann Mead Ash
In 2018, Aaron’s Acres celebrated 20 years of providing socialization and recreation for children and young adults ages 5 to 21 with special needs. The nonprofit organization held camp at the Jewish Community Center in Lancaster until 2013.
Starting in 2014, the program was hosted by the Manheim Community Pool and Memorial Park. In 2019, the six-week camp served 220 campers. For the past several years, Aaron’s Acres has been searching for a permanent home. Risa Paskoff, executive director of Aaron’s Acres, had looked at a number of county locations, but See Aaron’s Acres pg 2
By Ann Mead Ash
In early April, when Larry Stoner, Region 1 operations coordinator with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), 583 Airport Road, Lititz, learned that Bird-in-Hand Fabric, owned by Sylvan and Loraine Stoltzfus, had been creating masks for
anyone who requested one in response to the COVID-19 crisis, he was moved to involve MDS to help. “They had been making them for about two weeks out of the kindness of their hearts, and they were giving fabric and getting elastic and (wire) for the nose (to others who were making them),” Stoner explained. See Mask Effort pg 2
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