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MCFEE auction will benefit students “We will have over 200 items to bid on,” said Amy Howett, executive From Friday, April 28, through director of MCFEE. “We have gift Sunday, April 30, you can bid on a cards to restaurants, breweries, kids’ variety of unique items while raising events and outings, kayaking, ice funds to support Manheim Central cream and so much more. We are students. The 20th annual MCFEE 4 focusing on Manheim establishments, Kids Auction will be hosted online as well as places all throughout Lanby the Manheim Central Founda- caster County. We have tickets for experiences, including a Fulton Thetion for Educational Enrichment. atre and Belvedere Inn dinner package. We have a Barnstormers package for 10 with a catered meal.” One of the highlights of this year’s auction will be artwork created by 15 Manheim Central sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students who participated in a class called Kind heARTs. They collaborated on drawings, paintings, collages and soft sculptures, and Displaying art that will be auctioned off are Kind seven of their pieces heARTs students (back, from left) Allen Buchanan, will be auctioned off. BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Drivers put their hands on the Wish Angel trailer before last year’s Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy.
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hink of the Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy, and you might think of a long line of trucks traveling down the roads of Lancaster County. That is certainly central to the event, said Terry Finch, event chairperson, but that is just part of a special day. “Our event is anchored by the Convoy trucks and our extremely generous truck drivers, but it is so much more,” Finch shared about the event that kicks off at the Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction. “It’s a community celebration of our Wish Children, and we hope everyone who joins us can take part in the games and fun that happens inside the Auto Auction lanes.” This year’s Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy will take place on Sunday, May 14, at the Auto Auction, 1190 Lancaster Road, Manheim. Beginning at 9 a.m., a Family Carnival will feature food trucks, carnival games, music, mascots and Make-A-Wish merchandise sales. Across Auction Road from the main building and truck lot, there
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the event as they travel along the Convoy route.” The top driver will pull the Wish Angel trailer, which is a tribute to Wish Children in the chapter area who have passed away in the 34 years since the Convoy began. “Each year, we add names to stars on the trailer before it goes on the route,” Finch remarked. “During our 12 p.m. announcements at the stage, we also ask the top 30 drivers to put their hands on the trailer and have a moment of silence for our Wish Angels.” When the Convoy heads out, Wish Children are invited to ride along with the drivers, said Finch, noting that up to 100 of them have joined drivers in the past. The route will run from Manheim to Elizabethtown and Mount Joy, and Finch encourages people to watch the Convoy along the route and cheer on the Wish Children. She recommends viewing the Convoy at LCBC on Route 772 in Manheim, where there will be food trucks and special visitors, and anywhere along Main Street in Mount Joy. For more information on the Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy, visit www.wishconvoy.org.
Wyatt Hochanadel, Kiersyn Detz, Adrianne Cassel, (front) Katrelle Fox and Natalie Earhart.
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Come out to Ruhl’s Church, 4810 Elizabethtown Road, Manheim, on Saturday, May 6, and you can enjoy an all-you-can-eat breakfast that supports the church’s Mission Outreach Team. A strawberry and waffle breakfast will be served from 6 to 10 a.m., or until sold out, in the fellowship hall of the church. “The star is our strawberry waffles,” noted Gail Ruhl, who heads the Mission Outreach Team with her husband, Chuck. “ We normally get our
strawberries from North Carolina, where they are fresh in season right now. We are also going to have pancakes, scrambled eggs as well as eggs to order, breakfast casseroles, bacon, sausage, homefried potatoes and beverages.” Proceeds from the meal will benefit a mission trip church members will take in June. “We’re actually venturing into a new area we’ve never gone before,” Gail said. “We are going to be going to Vermont, near the capital, Montpelier. We’re going to be working alongside Central Vermont Mission.” Gail said the See Strawberry pg 7
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will be a chicken dinner available for drive-through pickup, Finch noted. “There is also an online auction running the entire week before the Convoy and ending at midnight the next day, featuring Wish Kid art, jewelry, golf foursomes, gift cards and much more,” she shared. The Make-A-Wish event brings independent drivers and trucking companies from all over the Susquehanna Valley as well as from across the country to participate in the festivities that raise funds needed to grant 75% of the annual wishes in the Susquehanna Valley. Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware & Susquehanna Valley grants wishes for children with critical illnesses. Over the years, the Convoy has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. “In recent years, our record fundraising was just over $600,000,” Finch noted. “Our goal for this year is $700,000.” She said organizers are hoping for 400 trucks to participate in the Convoy this year. “Our drivers fundraise all year long,” she explained, “and the top fundraisers in dollars earned make up the top 30 drivers in the Convoy. They are the front row of trucks and will lead out