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COBYS To Offer Online Educational Classes By Francine Fulton
By Ann Mead Ash
Local families now have an opportunity to receive support and educational services all without leaving their homes thanks to online programming being offered by the Family Life Education Department at COBYS Family Services, Lancaster. Among the virtual programs being offered is a kinship support program, which is taking place on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. through Aug. 19. The program is open to kinship caregivers those who are raising a relative’s child. During the sessions, grandparents, aunts and uncles and others who have taken on the new role of caregiver can talk about topics specific to kinship care and network with other people in similar situations. “We are doing everything virtually to break down time barriers. These See COBYS pg 2
Liz Plastino, a Manheim Township resident with cerebral palsy, shakes hands with Officer Devon Reinert of the Manheim Township Police Department after having her name added to a new registry of people with special needs that the department has created to better serve local residents.
Coin Auction Will Benefit MCC By Ann Mead Ash
The Pennsylvania Relief Sale, which supports the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), is an institution in the state. Held yearly at the Pennsylvania Farm Show building in Harrisburg, the event has been known to feature close to 400 handcrafted quilts, wall hangings, and comforters,
Abby Keiser, director, recently announced that the Family Life Education Department at COBYS Family Services, Lancaster, is offering free online support classes.
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along with opportunities to shop for handmade items and gifts and to bid on unique items during the Country Auction, Silent Auction, and Children’s Auction. The event is also known for homemade food and family-friendly activities. This year, however, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the auction was canceled. Steven Stoltzfus of Leola, who has long been involved with the relief sale, along with a group of volunteers wanted to help make up for some of the funds lost due to the cancellation. “We’re holding just the coin auction,” reported Stoltzfus. A variety of donated coins have been gathered to be sold at an auction that See Coin Auction pg 3
By Ann Mead Ash
Looking back at the abrupt changes he dealt with last March when COVID-19 restrictions temporarily closed the state, Spencer Browne, now a rising senior at The Stone School in Lancaster, was philosophical. “When something as shocking as a pandemic happens, there are many different ways to (react),” noted Spencer. “I think it consumes a lot of people and they are stuck in shock
about the world being so different they can’t do anything … but we saw it as an opportunity to help people who are in that stasis.” Spencer, along with his family, which consists of his parents, Jen and Sean Browne, and his brother, Jayden, home from college in Minnesota, joined forces with volunteers Michelle Simon and Deb Miller and fellow students Jayna Ribner and Henry Willis to form the Lancaster chapter of Pandemic of Love. The grassroots, nonprofit organization connects those in need with those who have something to give. It has more than 650 volunteers nationally and, as of late June, had matched nearly 190,000 donors See Pandemic Of Love pg 5
A variety of donated coins will be sold at a live and online auction at the Bareville Fire Hall, 211 E. Main St., Leola, on Friday, Aug. 14, beginning at 5 p.m. Funds raised by the auction will benefit Mennonite Central Committee. The auction is being organized by the board members of the Pennsylvania Relief Sale, which was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Spencer Browne (left) and Jayna Ribner are part of Pandemic of Love’s Lancaster chapter. The new organization was designed to match donors with those affected by the pandemic to help cover utility bills and other needs.
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Program Supports Residents With Special Needs A little over a year ago, Sgt. John Donnelly with the Manheim Township Police, 1825 Municipal Drive, Lancaster, attended a training session where he learned about a program run by the Monmouth County, N.J., police department that helped to identify residents with special needs. “Their program has been running since 2016 and has been quite successful,” reported Donnelly, noting that the Monmouth department has about 1,400 registered participants. “They have had one case that the program helped to identify a citizen who was unable to otherwise identify themselves.” In late 2019, Donnelly took the idea, which involves a registry and special stickers for the registrant’s home and car, to Chief Thomas E. Rudzinski. Rudzinski had already begun including See Program pg 4
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