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FEBRUARY 26, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 48
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Berks and Chester Counties •STEPS Resource Fair, Lionville Middle School, Exton - March 7 •Irish Breakfast Buffet, Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works, Geigertown - March 21 •Elverson Antique Show, Twin Valley High School, Elverson March 28 and 29 Greater Hershey Area •The Federated Women’s Club of Hershey and the Hershey Lions Club’s pork and sauerkraut dinner, Grace United Methodist Church, Hummelstown - March 1 •Spring Garden Workshops, Lebanon Valley Agricultural Center, Lebanon - March 4 and 11 •Central Pennsylvania Handbell Festival, Lebanon Area Evangelical Free Church, Jonestown March 14 Lancaster County
Pianist To Perform Beethoven’s Sonatas pg 2 Annual Tree Seedling Sale Planned pg 6
Clare House Always Wins At Biennial Benefit By Dayna M. Reidenouer
“The house always wins” is not what people who enjoy gaming want to hear, but there is an exception. When the third biennial “The House Always Wins” fundraiser event is held on Friday, April 3, Clare House Lancaster and its residents - and, by extension, the community at large - will be the real winners. The 1920s-themed party will take place in the Imperial Grande Ballroom of the Holiday Inn Lancaster, 26 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster, from 7 to 11 p.m. Parking will be available in the neighboring Duke Street garage, and tickets will be validated at the front desk of the hotel. The Keating Jazz Orchestra will provide music for dancing, heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served, and a cash bar will be open. Professionals will host a variety of games.
“The House Always Wins” is designed to be an enjoyable way for individuals and businesses to support Clare House Lancaster, whose mission is to help homeless women and children become stabilized and build healthy, empowered lives. The organization was founded by a group of Catholic nuns 40 years ago, said Maryanne O’Neill, who became the executive director on June 12, 2019, after previously heading up Mom’s House of Lancaster. Clare House no longer identifies as faithbased, but a number of religious organizations in Lancaster County provide support. Clare House provides housing for single women and their children for up to a year and offers an additional six months of after care. The two houses at 342-344 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster, can accommodate seven families with up to 20 children. See Clare House pg 5
Fundraiser Supports Four Diamonds
•Junior League of Lancaster’s Run4Luck, Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster - March 14 York County •Guinston Presbyterian Arts and Crafts Festival, Chanceford Community Building, Brogue March 7 •York Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, downtown York - March 14 •Dance MS, a Zumbathon event, Manchester Township Building Rec Hall, York - March 21
Clare House Lancaster board members (from left) Carson Gilbert and Valerie Kissinger dressed up for the biennial “The House Always Wins” fundraiser in 2018. Tickets are available now for this year’s event, which has been set for April 3 at the Holiday Inn Lancaster.
Ameliorating Hunger At Home And Abroad By Dayna M. Reidenouer
•Purimshpiel, Congregation Shaarai Shomayim, Lancaster March 8
Students pose with signs showing the total raised at the close of the 2020 Penn Manor Mini-THON on Feb. 7. Penn Manor students, staff, community members and businesses raised more than $40,062 to benefit Four Diamonds through the 2020 Mini-THON, which concluded on Feb. 7. Four Diamonds is an organization that provides support to pediatric cancer patients and their families.
During the Mini-THON, held at Penn Manor High School, students and staff participated in a variety of activities, including dancing; karaoke; basketball, dodgeball, and floor hockey tournaments; sumo wrestling; an obstacle course; a photo booth; and other games and activities. See Four Diamonds pg 5
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•Strasburg Fire Company’s spring donation and consignment sale, Strasburg - Feb. 28 and 29
Vegetable Garden Class Scheduled pg 6
“It is amazing to know that our community is taking little steps to make big, positive, life-saving changes in children’s lives all around the world,” said Lora Mangus Wenger, chair of the Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) MobilePack event at Willow Street Mennonite Church (WSMC), 399 E. Penn Grant Road, Willow Street. WSMC has hosted six MobilePack events, with the efforts resulting in more than 1.3 million meals sent to malnourished children around the world. Wenger reported that meals packed at the WSMC events have been distributed in Somalia, Haiti, Belize, Dominican Republic, Malawi, and Uganda. It takes about 1,500 volunteers working in two-hour shifts to See MobilePack Event pg 2
Children and adults are invited to participate in the seventh annual Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event hosted by Willow Street Mennonite Church. Two-hour shifts are available on March 27, 28, and 29.
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