Pequea Valley townlively.com
DECEMBER 13, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 51
Tel Hai Train Club sets holiday open houses BY FRANCINE FULTON
Members of the Train Club at Tel Hai Retirement Community in Honey Brook invite people of all ages to view their train layout
during upcoming holiday open houses. The display, which features trains running through realistic miniature communities, will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, See Tel Hai pg 2
Ambur Gregorio (left) and Susannah Moore are working to help create safe spaces for teenagers to share mental health issues.
Creating safe spaces
Loretta Gable Englerth (second from left) painted a mural in the train room at Tel Hai Retirement Community. The display is maintained by Train Club members, including (from left) Lew Charnock, Lew Weaver and Bruce McCleary.
Responding to the mental health needs of teenagers students. “(Teenagers) have had their entire world shifted over and over,” Moore commented. “They haven’t had the sense of stability that most of us had.” Mental health issues among teens were rising prior to the advent of COVID-19 restrictions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10-year Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that in 2019, nearly 40% of high school students reported periods of feeling persistently sad or hopeless. More than 18% seriously considered suicide. Moore pointed out that the rise of cyberbullying coupled with the pandemic has complicated the situation. “Complex trauma is what we’re
looking at,” she said. “Ways that complex trauma can present can look like puberty or trying to gain independence … (but) something that is true for most teens is that they benefit from support in figuring out their own mental health.” Kim McDevitt, executive director of Mental Health America of Lancaster County (MHALC), noted that communication is key, but not always easy. “Teens are struggling with feeling connected and heard,” she said. Moore agreed, saying, “These kids need safe spaces to process all that’s happened,” she noted. “Teens need to be accepted by their parents and to be capable of discussing mental health
Righteous Clothing Thrift Store to host auction
BY FRANCINE FULTON
The Righteous Clothing Thrift Store will hold a year-end auction on Saturday, Dec. 16, at Parkesburg United Methodist Church (UMC), 411 Main St., Parkesburg. A large variety of goods will be up for bid, including high-end items that have been available for sale in the store as well as holiday décor. Bidder registration will open at 9 a.m., followed by the auction
See Safe spaces pg 8
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at 10 a.m. The first-time event is being held to make room for additional merchandise to be displayed in the store, which is located at 317 Main St., Parkesburg. Because of the auction, the store will be closed on Dec. 16. “We have a very large quantity of donations that we get from the community, and we have a lot of higher-dollar items, so we thought this would be a great way to have some fun, make See Thrift store pg 5
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oday’s teenagers are facing issues unfamiliar to their parents and grandparents, and according to Susannah Moore, clinical social worker/ therapist with Integrate Therapy and Wellness Collective in Bird-inHand, that can make it hard for generations to relate. “Those of us who graduated high school before COVID-19 hit and before social media took over the way it has, simply can’t understand what it means to be a teen today,” said Moore. As a former school social worker, Moore is especially familiar with the issues facing
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