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NOVEMBER 17, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 43
One-Stop Shopping At Holiday Home Market though we didn’t have a whole lot of traffic through that day, it still When Leslie Church organized went well.” Encouraged, Church is organizing the first Holiday Home Market in 2019, she wasn’t quite sure what to another Holiday Home Market this year. The event will be held on expect. “I had never done anything like Saturday, Nov. 20, from 8 a.m. to this before,” she noted. “I really had 2 p.m. at Teen Central, 15 S. Wolf St., no clue how to get started, but I Manheim. “We have 22 vendors this year, gathered 13 vendors, and even everything from direct sales to homemade goodies,” she said. “We have clothing, crafters, bakers, handmade hairbows, earrings, Christmas cards, succulents and a lot more.” The Sink will be featuring a full menu, including French toast casserole, chicken cordon bleu pasta bowls, Thanksgiving turkey burgers, curried chicken salad and white chicken chili. “We’re going to have a coffee bar set up,” Church stated, adding that hot chocolate bombs will also be for sale. Leslie Church is organizing a Holiday Home BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Market at Teen Central. Santa and Mrs. Claus will bring holiday cheer to the Root’s Christmas Show.
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Festive Spirit Will Shine At Christmas Show “The holiday spirit comes once a year, and this show has it,” said Kathy Yoder, describing the Root’s Christmas Show. The show will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature more than 250 vendors. “We particularly like to accept artisans and people who make their own products,” noted Yoder, special events manager for Root’s. Items for sale will include holiday décor, gift baskets, candles, baby items, dog clothing and treats, spray paint art, toys, leather goods, braided rugs and much more.
“Santa Claus - and I think he’s the real Santa - will be here between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.,” Yoder stated. “He and Mrs. Santa will walk among the crowd and give out candy canes and goodwill.” Food will be available to purchase, including soft pretzels, french fries, baked goods, soup, hamburgers, barbecue chicken, ice cream and more. “There are also tons of door prizes all day long,” Yoder commented. The show is always held the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and this is its 17th year. “We set up outside in the farmers market area, filling all the outside spaces,” Yoder
remarked, adding that buildings 9 and 10 are also open. “We also set up in the flea market area, and the Artisan Mill and the Emporium are both open as well as many outside vendors.” In addition to supporting local vendors, the show benefits local nonprofits. Nonperishable food items will be collected for the Manheim Central Food Pantry as well as donations for Centerville Pet Rescue and Angels Among Us Animal Sanctuary. “We also have a number of charity spaces that we give each year for different local charities to set up for free,” she said.
As of Nov. 2, the top five requests for 2-1-1 assistance in Pennsylvania were housing and shelter at 42.1%, utilities at 17%, health care and COVID-19 assistance at 10%, employment and income 8.7%, and food at 6.2%. Hundreds of nonprofit organizations exist in Lancaster County specifically to meet these and other needs. For
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