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JANUARY 1, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Meals on Wheels has a lot on its plate and is happy to share BY JEFF FALK
With education fair, local Christian schools are organizing and uniting BY JEFF FALK
Volunteers Doug (left) and Jeremy prepare to deliver food for Meals on Wheels Lancaster.
is the largest of the six Meals on Wheels organizations currently operating in Lancaster County. “Food is fuel,” said Nancarvis. “Your nutrition has impact on your physical health and your
mental health. Food also serves as a sense of connection. We’re bringing them food, but we’re also checking on their safety and wellness. Nutrition is vital, but there’s also this social piece as well.”
Meals on W heels prepares meals in its kitchens on Mondays through Fridays from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and sends them out in two shifts. Each client receives two meals - a hot meal consisting See Meals on Wheels pg 3
Christian schools in Lancaster County have never really been competitors. Now they’re working together to align their missions and streamline their efforts. The upcoming Christian Education Fair is an event that’s designed to draw strength from numbers, explore and promote the increasing popularity of Christian education and provide families with learning opportunities that are aligned with their beliefs and their children’s needs. “It’s not that we were against each other; it’s we weren’t working together,” said Jill Armstrong, Lancaster County Christian School’s events and communication coordinator and one of the organizers of the event. “I just think there wasn’t an intentional collaboration. We can learn from each other. We can grow in different ways as we collaborate. We’re trying to find ways to work as one.” T he inaugural Christian Education Fair will be staged from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, at Lancaster Bible College’s Good Shepherd Chapel, 901 Eden Road, Lancaster. Representatives of a dozen See Fair pg 2
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ood is sustenance and nourishment for the body, mind and soul. That makes the volunteers, staff members and administrators of Meals on Wheels of Lancaster purveyors of empathy and angels of mercy. Meals on Wheels of Lancaster’s mission of providing food to people in need is as important now as it’s ever been. “I don’t know if we necessarily understand the full value of food,” said Feleen Nancarvis, who’s been the organization’s executive director for four years. “I don’t think we know how similar we are to the people we serve and how close we are to being in their circumstances. We’re all just as likely as the next to need additional support. There are times we need other people in our community to lean on. We all have to take care of each other, and we all have to take care of ourselves.” Meals on W heels operates two commercial kitchens at its 1411 Columbia Ave., Lancaster, location. From there, with the help of caring volunteers and dedicated staff members, the organization distributes and delivers 900 meals to 450 clients residing mostly in the city and New Holland. Meals on Wheels of Lancaster
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