Looking for ways to support our community during our current pandemic?

Check out this list of opportunities:

Give Blood
Help save lives by donating blood through the American Red Cross. Please schedule an appointment to donate.
Click Here to find a Blood Drive

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Donate Supplies to LG Health
A community drive-through COVID-19 Donation and Materials Center is in operation at Clipper Magazine Stadium, 650 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, every day, 7am – 6pm, until further notice.

At this time, LG Health is accepting these items only:

• Masks: N95 surgical masks; paper masks (ear loop or tie) in original carton*
• Eye protection, including face shields and safety goggles
• Gowns: disposable water-resistant cover gowns in original carton
• Gloves, non-latex, all sizes, in original carton
• Head covers, disposable bouffant type with elastic band
• Shoe covers, disposable
• PAPRs (powered air-purifying respirators) and PAPR hoods
• Wipes, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide
• Bottles of bleach (not splash-less)
• Hand sanitizers
• Nasal swabs

*If you are interested in sewing masks, please reach out to us for additional details at LG Health Covid Donations.

Click Here for Details

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Donate to or Volunteer with New Hope Ministries
New Hope Ministries is in need of financial support and healthy volunteers. They have a new Emergency Housing Assistance fund for people struggling during this crisis and in need of help with paying rent.

Click Here for Their Needs and Program Updates

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Sew Masks for Mennonite Disaster Service
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is seeking to have 100,000 masks made per week for the next 8 weeks to meet the requests of local hospitals and other organizations. All masks are donated.

The Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities have partnered and are preparing kits. Each kit contains pre-cut material, elastic for ear pieces, and directions to make 50 masks. You provide the thread and your own sewing machine at home.

Please call Bill and Betsy Longenecker (717-627-6868 or 717-799-3647) to request a kit or two. They will drop off on your porch. Call again when finished and they’ll pick up and take to the MDS command center in Bird-In-Hand where they will be distributed to local hospitals and other organizations. Social distancing will happen as we ring the doorbell and leave the kits. There is no pressure, you can work at your own pace.

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Donate to Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
Help Central Pennsylvania Food Bank ensure that their network of partner agencies remains strong and they are able to distribute healthy, nutritious food to some of the most vulnerable populations, including children and seniors throughout our 27 central Pennsylvania counties. 
Click Here for Ways to Give

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Volunteer or Donate To Lancaster Meals On Wheels
At Meals on Wheels of Lancaster it is their mission to alleviate the challenges associated with aging and disabilities by providing home-delivered meals. They serve clients who are especially vulnerable to Cover-19.
Click Here to Give or Volunteer

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Donate to Blessings of Hope to help with Food Distribution
Community Blessings Food Boxes: Blessings of Hope
You are not buying food – You are simply making a tax deductible donation to help cover the costs associated with distributing this box of food. Each box has approximately 35-40 lbs of food inside.
Click Here for Details

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Donate to Lancaster Cares Fund
Lancaster County Community Foundation and the United Way of Lancaster County are supporting Lancaster’s families and their most critical needs including food security, housing support, as well as other emerging needs. Consider supporting these essential services and supporting the families they work with, live among, and play beside across Lancaster County.
Click Here to Donate

Michael W. Smith will return to the area this weekend for an evening of worship!  It’s at 7PM this Sunday at Grace Fellowship Church in York with special guests Dan & Lauren Smith.  Click for tickets and info.

Tune in to WJTL throughout the week for your chance to win tickets to the concert!  The DJs will let you know when it’s time to try to call in and win.  Keep us on speed dial: 717-392-3690.

Family Life presents a 6-session video conference featuring some very influential and respected pastors and experts on marriage and family.  These videos combine dramatic stories, real-life testimonies, expert interviews, humorous vignettes and other teaching methods to lay out God’s design for marriage in a fresh, engaging way.  It’s “The Art Of Marriage Conference” and it’s coming to Aldersgate United Methodist Church in York on Friday & Saturday October 12 & 13!  We’re giving away free registration every day (October 08-12) on the Get Up & Go Show with Fred & Lisa, so tune in from 6-9 a.m. daily for your chance to win!  (Keep our number handy: 717-392-3690.)

For more information on “The Art Of Marriage Conference” at Aldersgate United Methodist Church (including times, directions and more), call 717-887-0313 or click here!  Last-minute registrations and walk ups are welcome!  There are limited openings for child care during the event–if you’re interested, you may inquire by phone or by emailing mlkhoffman@comcast.net

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Herb Suereth —

Here’s this week’s Real News of Inspiration from YDR.com’s John Hilton.  Have you ever wondered what you will do when you retire?  Maybe you dream of moving somewhere with warm waves and sand.  Ron and Joan Drayer had other plans.  After retiring, they felt called to minister in York City, particularly the Salem Square neighborhood.  Prior to moving there in January of 2011, they had never lived in the city.  Now they are making relationships and helping out wherever they can to assist the Salem Square Community Association to turn the area around.  John has been helping with Habitat for humanity and there has been an emphasis on home ownership.  Many of the residents of Salem Square rent and cannot see the big picture.  When asked about their decision to move into the toubled neighborhood, Joan Drayer comments,”I think God wanted us to move up here…and we are just going along with it to see if we can help.”

http://www.ydr.com/living/ci_19626376?source=rss