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APRIL 27, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXX • NO 12
Healthy Kids Running Series Set Locally BY FRANCINE FULTON
Members of the Summerfield Handstitchers include (back, from left) Joanne Ahern, Anna Marie Boore, secretary Winnie Estright, facilitator Pauline Menger, treasurer Mary Ann Corcoran, Judith Schell, (front) Miriam Leman, Reba Yoder and Peggy Kandle.
Providing Comfort One Stitch At A Time BY FRANCINE FULTON
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Items made by the Summerfield Handstitchers include fleece blankets, knitted hats and prayer shawls.
the Summerfield Handstitchers, a group of sewing, knitting and crocheting enthusiasts who are residents of the Summerfield at Elverson housing development. The group, previously known as the Summerfield Knitters, formed in 1997 when five Summerfield residents gathered to knit items for charity. Since then, the group has expanded its focus and now has about 15 members. “We call it hand stitchers because it’s not just knitting and crocheting. It’s anything you (make) with your hands,” explained Pauline Menger, group facilitator. “You have to live here or formerly live here (to be a member). We have some members who have moved to Tel Hai and come back.”
Members meet on the third Thursday of the month in the community center at Summerfield, where they hold a business meeting and gather the items they have created. “We make the items at home and bring them in (to display),” said Menger. They also recite a prayer, asking for blessings on their work and for the charitable organizations they will be making items for. One of the group’s efforts includes providing prayer shawls to Summerfield residents who are sick, shut in, grieving the death of a loved one or expecting a baby. Since the beginning of the Summerfield prayer shawl ministry in 2006, the group has distributed 196 shawls or lap covers. See Summerfield Handstitchers pg 2
See Healthy Kids pg 3
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aking fleece blankets for Project Linus, creating prayer shawls for people
who are sick and stitching hats, lap covers and small pillows for residents of the Coatesville Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center are just some of the projects completed by
Youngsters interested in a fun outdoor activity are invited to take part in the Healthy Kids Running Series (HKRS), an outdoor running event for youths in prekindergarten through sixth grade. The series is being offered once again this spring in Elverson. The program takes place on Sundays at 2 p.m. at the West Nantmeal Township Recreation Area, located next to the township building at 455 N. Manor Road (Route 82), Elverson. The series began on April 24 and will conclude on May 22. During the weekly events, youths compete in their designated age or grade level division: a 50-yard dash for prekindergarten students ages 2 and 3, a 75-yard dash for prekindergarten students ages 4 and 5, a quarter-mile race for kindergarten through first-grade students, a half-mile
