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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 24
Martic Entities Plan Chicken Barbecue Event BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
“Martic Pantry feels it is important to assist our local elementary school in any way we can. We are here to help the community, and what better way than to give to the school that teaches our children?” commented Martic Pantry co-founder Mary Lehman. “Many of these children come from families that are struggling to make ends meet, and if we can give the PTO a boost so they can in turn make life easier for parents and teachers, we are all for it.” As one of its effots to help Martic Elementary School, the pantry will hold a drive-through chicken barbecue event at the school, 266 Martic Heights Drive, Holtwood, on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. until sold out. Only cash will be accepted, and tickets will not be sold in advance. The meals will include chicken quarters, applesauce, chips, dessert, and beverages. Chicken quarters may be purchased a la carte. Proceeds will be shared between the Martic Parent Teacher
Organization (PTO) and Martic Pantry. “Everything goes back to the students and the school,” said Martic PTO president Jody Clark, listing past support as funding classroom supplies, gym equipment, assemblies, and field trips. “All sixth-graders get free yearbooks,” added PTO secretary Kelly Kline. The PTO typically hosts a fall fundraiser with sub sales, a Winter Wonderland where students may buy affordable gifts for holiday giving, and a silent auction. Those events will not take place this year. The purchases have also been adjusted. “ We spent money on outside recess,” Kline said. “Since they can’t use the playground (due to coronavirus safety), we bought toys for the classrooms to play with.” Clark noted that a virtual assembly is being planned, with Martic principal Jen Sugra working on the details. In-person assemblies are impractical with social distancing, Clark pointed out. The community around Martic
Martic Elementary School, Martic PTO, and Martic Pantry representatives announce a chicken barbecue event on Oct. 10.
Elementary is tightly knit, Clark and Kline asserted. One of the PTO board members is a teacher at the school, and another teacher is a member of the Martic Pantry board. Clark said community support is vital right now, adding, “Without … fundraisers, we can’t do anything
for the kids. We do everything we can to help kids have fun, be kids, (and) have assemblies. And we want to make sure we have the funds we need when we get back to normal.” Lehman and her husband, Steve, founded Martic Pantry in 2015 as a way to provide food to households in
need in Martic Township. Pantry clients receive reloadable cash cards that can be used to buy groceries at the Lehmans’ Martic Store, 561 Martic Heights Drive, Holtwood. “We really appreciate the Martic Pantry, the Lehmans, and what they do for the school, the way they See Chicken Barbecue pg 4
Partnership Meets MU Student Needs BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
A simple premise drives the work of the Campus Cupboard and the Campus Closet at the HUB Millersville: Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met. The two programs were created by United Campus Ministry and Millersville Community Church (MCC) to support Millersville University (MU) students a few years ago, and the programs have become even more important in recent months. “Hundreds of students each
BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
When the 2020 Solanco CROP Hunger Walk takes place on Saturday, Oct. 17, participants may help to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first walk, which was held in 1980. There will be several photo opportunities, said planning committee member Mary Etta Reinhart. “We’re trying to make it a fun event but a socially distanced event,” she noted. Reinhart shared that the planning committee discussed the walk See CROP Walk pg 4
Millersville University students participated in a free lunch provided by the Campus Cupboard.
year are clients at the Cupboard. We’re trying to follow what we see as the increasing needs of students in the community,” said HUB director Ed Weber. HUB board member and MU assistant professor of social work Jennifer Frank noted that the statistics back up Weber’s observation. “A research study on food insecurity as defined by the USDA showed 36.5% of MU students had low or very low food security. That’s three times the national average,” Frank said, adding that the trend is similar at other universities. More than 600 MU students
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