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MAY 4, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXII • NO 10
Who Is Ready FORE Some Golf? Previously known as Good Sam Shelter, GSS has been operating According to Homeless Shelters since June 1999. By 2002, GSS purDirectory, there are an estimated 950 chased its first property in homeless individuals in Lancaster Phoenixville, where it was able to and Chester counties. It costs Good provide five people at a time with Samaritan Services (GSS) $35 to pro- emergency housing. Currently, GSS vide a night of shelter, two meals, owns 14 properties, totaling 100 supplies, and compassionate care to beds and over 30,000 square feet. an individual. That is about one-third GSS came to the Lancaster County area in 2011 when it opened an the cost of a hotel per night. emergency shelter in Ephrata, which provides housing for women and children. GSS provides a full continuum of care to individuals and families that are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness. Some of the services offered by GSS include eviction prevention, case management services, emergency shelter, transitional housing, affordable housing, and permanent housing services across Lancaster and Chester counties. The organization’s end goal is to empower people to feel confident and capable Representatives from Good Samaritan Services look forward to one of its main enough to maintain their fundraisers, which will help address own safe and stable housing. BY COURTNEY MENGEL
WFCS Takes Part In Community Cleanup BY FRANCINE FULTON
elping beautify local parks and neighborhoods while raising money for the school is the goal of the annual West Fallowfield Christian School (WFCS) Trash Stash. As part of the program, WFCS students and their parents give up a Saturday to pick up trash along roadways and at local parks as part
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of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s annual “Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful” roadside trash pickup program. During this year’s event, held on April 2, approximately 200 students from preschool through eighth grade, along with their parents, participated in the cleanup. Some of the participants traveled by school bus and car to area destinations. Worksites included Paradise
During the cleanup, participants wore orange safety vests and gloves provided by the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful program.
Community Park in Gordonville, Silver Maple Farm in Cochranville, Salisbury Township Community Park (also known as Gap Park) and The Parkesburg POINT youth center. Some students stayed at WFCS to clean up the playground and take part in other cleaning projects. One group picked up trash along the roadway around McClure’s Bakery, the post office and Turkey Hill, all located in Gap. “Seventh- and eighth-graders, our oldest (group of students), went to Route 10 at Hershey Market, Walmart and Leike Road picking up trash,” said Michelle Bonk, WFCS director of development, noting that all participants wore orange safety vests and gloves provided by the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful program. To raise money, WFCS students sent donation letters to their friends and relatives. “They sent letters to their family asking if they were willing to donate to our school for this event - basically sponsoring them for their few hours of community service,” Bonk explained.
homelessness in Lancaster and Chester counties.
Kacie’s Cause To Present Mother’s Day Walk BY FRANCINE FULTON
After a two-year absence because of the pandemic, Kacie’s Cause will hold its Mother’s Day Walk through Parkesburg on Sunday, May 8, beginning at 9 a.m. The eighth annual walk will begin and end at The Parkesburg POINT, 700 Main St., Parkesburg. All participants will receive a complimentary lunch, and there is no cost to register.
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During the annual Trash Stash, West Fallowfield Christian School students and their parents picked up trash along roadways and at local parks.
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