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eight children (four died in infancy), plus his wife, Maria Magdalene Fatzinger Weaver, so Samuel decided to build a new home. One of the stone homes was carefully dismantled and the material saved for rebuilding a
by ERIN FERGUSON Mask Force 2020 was established by Ruth Dennison and Joan Zachary in an effort to organize sewers, machines, fabric, and mask materials to create and distribute masks throughout the Lehigh Valley to healthcare workers and community providers. One morning, Joan Zachary woke up and realized Ruth Dennison had been up all night on Facebook posting messages asking for help in her new mask making initiative. Dennison, a retired oncology nurse, spoke to Zachary that morning and told her about the critical need for masks in the hospitals. They were both very concerned that the hospitals wouldn’t have enough masks, so Dennison came up with a solution to supply the hospitals and other organizations with what they needed. They were able to get a few people together to make some masks at their homes, but it exploded and friends upon friends came together to help in the Mask Force 2020 mission. “This was really Ruth’s idea, I am just here to put the wind under her wings,” comments Joan Zachary. Mask Force 2020 masks were created by a team of sewing, medical and manufacturing professionals who worked closely
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William Weaver Civil War, photo courtesy of Larry Oberly
Weaversville Part 4 of 14 In this column, Margie Jenkins, a descendant of the Weaver family, and her daughter Susan Jenkins take us back to Weaversville. The year — 1850. Family members were housed in a number of buildings on the property. Samuel Weaver had eight brothers and sisters and
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Little Free Pantry in Bath Helps neighbors in need
by KERI LINDENMUTH Bath resident Robyn Fenon had everything she could ever need. "I have a wonderful family. We are as healthy as we can be," she says. "I have a wonderful job, a home, food on our table, and heat." However, she knew that others in her community were not as lucky. In 2019, after seeing a story on the news about Little Free Pantry, a grassroots movement to provide food to neighbors in need, she decided to get involved. Little Free Pantry got its start in 2016 in Arkansas when Jessica McClard constructed a box on a post outside her home and filled it with canned goods and dry goods for her neighbors. Neighbors are encouraged to take what they need and those more fortunate are urged to give what they can. The number of those in need in the Lehigh Valley continues to grow. Over 75,000 Lehigh Valley residents live below the poverty line and struggle to provide themselves and their loved ones
with food. Hundreds of thousands more live paycheck to paycheck. Food banks like the Second Harvest Food Bank aid over 60,000 Lehigh Valley residents every single month. These individuals are our neighbors, family members, coworkers, and friends. For many residents, like Fenon, these numbers are heartbreaking. "I just wanted to help and be a part of the solution," adds Fenon. Fenon shared the idea with those whose opinion mattered most: her family. She broached the subject of constructing her own pantry outside her home to her parents, who are also her landlords. Her parents were on board right away, especially her mother. "If she was not on board, no Continued on page 2
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