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JANUARY 12, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 47
Making An Impact In Lititz – 2021
Sherry Gassert (left) and Steph Stiffler BY ANN MEAD ASH
ver a year of working on several weekly papers, a feature writer completes hundreds of stories. Among the chicken barbecues, annual events, and accomplishments of each year’s crop of articles are those that stand out because they spotlight the lives of
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Melissa Landis (left) and tennis player Elijah Pierce
people who make up the fabric of a small town like Lititz. Among those that made a special impact on this writer in 2021, are the ones who saw an opportunity to serve and stepped in and those who reached out and created community. Sherry Gassert and Steph Stiffler In a Lititz neighborhood, not far from the public library, is a house
with a miniature makeshift Ferris wheel in the front yard. The house is the home of the Ferris Wheel Clothing Bank, which dates back to 2014, when Gassert and Stiffler, who is Gassert’s daughter, began receiving donations of new and gently used clothing. Originally the duo was going to focus on just children’s clothing, but they soon saw
Ashley Mayer pushing her son Gabriel
the need for clothing for parents, as well as grandparents. Since then, the clothing bank has grown to provide household items, pots, pans, bedding, books, toys, personal care items, and more. To arrange to make a donation, please email ferriswheel14@hotmail.com. M e l i s s a L a n d i s - Landis, who serves as director of finance for
Linden Hall and is a Middle States Region board member with the United States Tennis Association (USTA), has set a goal of giving people of differing abilities opportunities to learn to play tennis. To that end, she created All-In Tennis, an adaptive tennis program held at the Anne Brossman Sweigart Sports & Fitness Center Gymnasium at See Making An Impact pg 5
HOHC Receives Extra-Special Delivery
Energy Assistance Resources Posted . . . . . .5
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Youth Volunteer Award Available . . . . . . . .5
The Merchandiser interviewed members of the Lititz Public Works Department concerning snow removal in the borough. Andy Garner, superintendent of public works; assistant superintendent Tyler Toburen; and employee Chad Reed all answered questions about the best ways all community members
When House of His Creation (HOHC) executive director Matthew Neff and his wife, HOHC house manager Callie Neff, considered whether to breed their dog, Maggie, with a friend’s chocolate Labrador, they thought it would happen in early summer and that maybe they would have puppies in the ministry’s location at 301 N. Broad St., Lititz in the fall of 2021. Maggie had other ideas.
See Lititz Public Works pg 2
See HOHC pg 3
BY ANN MEAD ASH
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Matthew Neff (left photo) and Callie Neff (right photo) are caring for a litter of puppies at House of His Creation.
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