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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 34
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A Celebration Of Gratitude BY ANN MEAD ASH
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ore than five months after COVID-19 forced business and school closures throughout the state, members of the Manheim Central Food Pantry administration are still talking about the outpouring of donations they received. “Churches still brought food (even though they weren’t meeting),” recalled secretary Cathy Nittle. “People would drop food at the church, and someone from the church would bring it over.” Treasurer Nancy Auker recalled how area residents would back a car up to the garage at the pantry, located at 334 W. Gramby St., Manheim. “(They would) say, ‘We just went shopping’ and give us hundreds of dollars’ worth of food and say, ‘We know you’re going to need it.’” Auker also noted a special effort by the Manheim Central wrestling team a one-week “flash raise” in April, with all proceeds going to the pantry. The group raised more than $5,000, presenting Auker with a check for $6,400 on April 30. The local Grocery Outlet Bargain Market helps support
the pantry each July. This year, one shopper filled a cart with more than $200 worth of food just for the food pantry, Auker reported. Because of other donations from the Manheim community, the pantry was able to give away gift cards for several months. “We had people who had a couple dollars to donate from money they made by selling masks, (and we had) organizations that gave us thousands of dollars,” said Nittle. “Because they were so generous, we were able to purchase gift cards to hand out along with groceries to supplement (clients’) food.” Nittle recalled that the first pantry, known as the Manheim Ministerium Food Bank, was located in the basement of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2 S. Hazel St., Manheim. “Its inception was in the mid-1980s, and volunteer Lionesses and volunteers from area churches would stock shelves and buy food if it was low,” she said. The volunteers packed bags of food for clients, and the church youth group helped bring the bags upstairs on Wednesday nights for the clients, who picked them up on See Food Pantry pg 7
It comes as no surprise that we continue to face many of the challenges we have experienced over the past six months. Who hasn’t used the word “uncertainty” more times than they can count? Despite this uncertainty, we have worked hard to keep our families and community safe while providing positive, creative ways to reinforce that we are in this together. We encourage you to continue sharing your stories and connecting with us on social media so we can go on spreading all the good we see in this world. At Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC), we are committed to making adjustments within the current See Letter pg 4
Responding To A Financial Pandemic HOPE International Plans 20th Annual Golf Tournament
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BY ANN MEAD ASH
Jeff Rutt, founder of HOPE International, is keenly aware of the worldwide impact of COVID-19. HOPE International is a nonprofit organization that seeks to alleviate poverty in all its forms - spiritual, material, social, and personal. Over its more than 20-year history, the organization, with offices at 227 Granite Run Drive, Suite 250, Lancaster, has done that by loaning out more than $1 billion and helping to start savings groups among about a million clients in 16 countries. See HOPE International pg 6
BRITTANY’S HOPE SETS 5K . . . . . . . . . 7 GRADUATES RECEIVE AWARDS . . . . . . . . . 8 Corine (right in right photo), a HOPE International client who lives in Zimbabwe, reacted to a loss of income due to COVID-19 by starting a bakery with other members of her savings group.
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Manheim Central Food Pantry volunteers are grateful for the generosity of the community since COVID-19 restrictions were enforced in March.
