Manheim Central /townlively
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 35
A Celebration Of Gratitude BY ANN MEAD ASH
More 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
Pork Barbecue To Benefit Mount Hope NRC
Manheim Central Food Pantry volunteers are grateful for the generosity of the community since COVID-19 restrictions were enforced in March.
GOTR To Screen Film Focused On Anxiety
In lieu of its annual Harvest Festival, Pig Roast and Auction, Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community (NRC) will instead benefit from Grace Point Church of the Nazarene’s curbside takeout pork barbecue. The fundraiser for the nursing facility will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the church, located at 110 Durlach Road, Ephrata. Each meal, at a cost of $11, will include slow-roasted pulled pork with barbecue sauce, a baked potato and butter, a dinner roll, applesauce See Pork Barbecue pg 4
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Free Link To Connect Families To “Angst” BY ANN MEAD ASH
Girls on the Run - Lancaster, a youth development program, will host a free virtual forum and film, “Angst,” on Oct. 8, 9, and 10.
Sarah Yohe, development director with Girls on the Run (GOTR), has an analogy concerning the different types and levels of anxiety people are feeling in relation to the pandemic. “We are all in the same storm, but we all have our own individual boats with their own holes in them that we are trying to keep plugged to stay afloat,” she said. To address that anxiety and provide a service to Lancaster-area GOTR members, the organization
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