Conestoga Valley townlively.com
MAY 14, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 21
A world of wonder awaits inside the bookmobile BY JEFF FALK
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t ’s m o re t h a n b o o k s o n wheels. The Library System of Lancaster County’s (LSLC) bookmobile delivers knowledge, creativity, inspiration and joy. The bookmobile is kind of like a food truck serving up nourishment for the mind and soul. “Reading in general is very important,” said Audrey Lilley, the bookmobile’s driver, curator and full-time coordinator. “It’s important for kids to be reading. It’s important for them to be able to pick up a book and see characters who look like them. Reading can be inspirational, and with retirees, it kind of comes full circle. I think retirees can find comfort in reading. For all people in between, it’s a way to relax and unwind.”
See Bookmobile pg 2
BY JEFF FALK
Mental Health America of Lancaster County (MHALC) is introducing a new program to explore and enhance mental health’s relationship with religion and churches. MHALC is calling the program Faith Communities Partnership. “God made us, made our spirit, made our body, made our minds,” said Irma Do, the
Fairmount is a community that feels like home BY JEFF FALK
program coordinator for Faith Communities Partnership. “God has a plan for us. But because the world is broken, it changes the plan. God wants us to be mentally healthy, and He wants us to work in community. The question is, ‘Can we come together on this issue?’” MHALC will unveil Faith Communities Partnership to the public at its inaugural breakfast from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, See MHALC pg 8
Community, compassion, dignity, integrity, quality, teamwork, trust. Those are the stated Christ-like core values of faith-based Fairmount. One of Fairmount’s unstated values is value. “Through our position here in northern Lancaster County, we’re rooted in the heritage of this area,” said Mitch Hanna, who’s been Fairmount’s director of marketing and communications for eight years. “While we have adjusted over the years, we still hold true to our mission, which is offering Christ’s love in our caregiving. We try to make ourselves as Fairmount resident Mary Sauder (left) receives personal See Fairmount pg 3 attention from staff member Adrienne Moyer.
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Coordinator Audrey Lilley prepares for another trip on the bookmobile.
New MHALC program will link faith to mental health
When not on the go to multiple locations all across Lancaster County, Lilley parks the bookmobile at LSLC ’s main office at 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107, Lancaster. The bookmobile is a 22-foot-long box truck with a single entrance and equipped with a wheelchair lift and portable book carts. “If we can fit into the space, we’ll come to it,” said Lilley. “When you get up in there and turn to your left, it’s just walls of books. We can tailor the materials to the crowd we’re going to see. We have shelves of cool stuff. It’s a neat operation. I really love it.” In an effort to provide reading materials to local citizens who experience difficulties getting to their community libraries, the LSLC bookmobile visits more than 45 unique locations each