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NOVEMBER 27, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 49
I “ will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.” Psalm 7:17
Lancaster Lions’ roar of service felt throughout city BY JEFF FALK
Service clubs can be like social clubs. Service clubs promote camaraderie and fellowship and create colleagues and collaborators. Throw in a little time, and those relationships can develop into friendships. Lancaster Lions Club (LLC) is one of the oldest organized service clubs in Lancaster County.
BY JEFF FALK
out opportunities to serve. We try to emphasize activities in the city of Lancaster. Lions Clubs tend to take care of their own
This is a tale of making homes festive around the holidays. This is a tale of friendship. This is a tale of hope at Christmas. This is the story of Cookies and Greens Benefit Sale, a community initiative to help a woman’s missionary work in other countries. “This is God’s work,” said Barb Dagen, the coordinator of the fundraiser. “We’re to be the hands of Jesus. This sale and the funds raised will benefit those who have little. We’re sharing an abundance because we have so much.” The fourth annual Cookies and Greens Benefit Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Dagen’s rustic barn, 80 Hellers Church Road, Leola. The event is free to attend, and all proceeds will go toward Dagen’s friend Tabitha Shilalo’s LuoPad project, which provides feminine products to women and girls in places like Kenya, Uganda, Colombia, Cuba and Tanzania through the international nonprofit Unto, which is based in Mount Joy. “Everybody’s happy,” said Dagen of the benefit sale’s
See Lancaster Lions pg 12
See Cookies and Greens pg 3
Gathering around a washer/dryer unit donated to Anchor Lancaster by the Lancaster Lions Club are (back, from left) Lion Bill Crabtree, Anchor Lancaster executive director Patty Eastep, Lion Carolyn French, Lion Dan Snyder, Lion Rebecca Williams and (front) Lion Kevin Anderson.
“Our purpose is to serve the provide services where they are needed most, and it sometimes Lancaster city community with partners with other nonprofits volunteerism and funding, where possible,” said Crabtree. “We seek to promote the greater good.
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“Where there’s a need, there’s a Lion.” “We have a lot of members who have been there a very long time,” said Bill Crabtree, a 40-year Lion who’s currently in his second term as LLC ’s president. “So we’ve gotten to know each other over the years. Not everybody has the passion for the same thing. As a group, we come together, and as a service club, we accomplish something. There’s a camaraderie that comes with doing things with people with similar interests.” An active and vibrant volunteer organization, LLC meets at noon on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at the Neptune Diner, 924 N. Prince St., Lancaster. Overseen by a board of directors, LLC seeks to
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