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By Ann Mead Ash
New Orleans-style band Dutchyfunk will play at the Lititz Historical Foundation Ice Cream Social on Sept. 6. distance in the spacious gardens. Information about the historical society may be found at https://lititz
historicalfoundation.com, by searching for “Lititz Historical Foundation” on Facebook, or by calling 717-627-4636.
Jeff Rutt, founder of HOPE International, is keenly aware of the worldwide impact of COVID-19. HOPE International is a nonprofit organization that seeks to alleviate poverty in all its forms - spiritual, material, social, and personal. Over its more than 20-year history, the organization, with offices at 227 Granite Run Drive, Suite 250, Lancaster, has done that by loaning out more than $1 billion and helping to start savings groups among about a million clients in 16 countries. Now, those clients, who Rutt said are already on “fragile footing,” have been teetering on the brink. See HOPE International pg 4
Gifts That Give Hope Fair Moves Online UZRC Puts Bird Photos In Spotlight By Ann Mead Ash
A year ago, Jenn Knepper, founder of the Gifts That Give Hope (GTGH) Lancaster Alternative Gift Fair, was looking forward to moving the fair from its location at the Farm and Home Center in Lancaster to The Junction Center in Manheim. This year, Knepper is talking Annette Roland of Music for Everyabout the online fair that the organiza- one (left) and Grace Julian of The tion will hold on Saturday, Dec. 5, from Edible Classroom manned their 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tables at the 2019 Gifts That Give During that time period, those wish- Hope Fair. The 2020 fair will be ing to give an alternative gift may visit held as a virtual event on Dec. 5. www.giftsthatgivehope.org and choose an organization to donate to. “You’re of the gift you purchased,” said Kneppurchasing a gift for somebody, and we per, who added that the fair is the perwill send you a card with a description fect vehicle to find a meaningful gift, See Gifts That Give Hope pg 3
Photos of birds taken by local photographer Jennifer Cavalcante will be on display at United Zion Retirement Community through the end of September. Through Wednesday, Sept. 30, the Art Gallery at United Zion Retirement Community (UZRC), 722 Furnace Hills Pike, Lititz, will showcase photographer Jennifer Cavalcante’s photos of birds from The National Aviary in Pittsburgh - the only independent nonprofit
aviary in the United States. The aviary is also the largest in the country. Cavalcante first developed a passion for the camera and the images it produces while in high school. She pursued that passion by studying for an associate degree at Antonelli School of See UZRC pg 5
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The Lititz Historical Foundation has invited Dutchyfunk to take center stage at the organization’s annual Ice Cream Social in the Mary Oehme Gardens, 137-145 E. Main St., Lititz. The concert and social will be held on Sunday, Sept. 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The gardens are located behind the Historical Foundation Museum in downtown Lititz. Dutchyfunk is a New Orleans-style brass band from Lancaster County, known for its high-energy performances. The concert, which is free to the public, is sponsored by Moravian Manor. The event will give attendees a chance to relax in lawn chairs or on blankets for a safe evening of music in the gardens. Ice cream will be provided courtesy of Greco’s of Lititz. The foundation asks that guests wear masks when not eating or drinking and to spread out and social
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