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Fostering Pets a Chance to Be Part of the Journey
See Food pg 6 Pete Coleman display some of the food stocked by the organization.
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When it comes to the agenda for the community picnic hosted by Ruhl’s Church, one word sums it up. “Simply put, we hold this yearly event because it is fun. It is fun for those who attend and fun for those who help make it such a success year after year,” said Gail Ruhl, community picnic committee member. “Many people who help and attend can remember when they were very young and came to the annual picnic with their families. It was, and is, an event that is looked forward to. Without the annual community picnic, something would be missing from our usual summer schedule of events.” The Ruhl’s Church annual Community Picnic at the
Volunteers prepare homemade chicken corn soup for
Anne Hendricks, outreach coordinator with All 4 Paws Rescue, a nonprofit, fosterbased, all-breed organization located in Malvern, is familiar with the most common excuse potential pet foster parents give. “They all say, ‘I could never foster because I would want to adopt them all,’” noted Hendricks, who has fostered more than 100 dogs over nine years. “We have all foster-failed at least once,” she added, referring to a foster dog she knew she would be keeping within the first 24 hours of fostering her. According to Kisha Reinmiller, site director for Pennsylvania SPCA Lancaster Center, many who foster do become adoptive pet parents. “ We are always recruiting new fosters,” she shared. “A lot of them adopt for the first time.” Both organizations reported that becoming a foster parent for an animal is not complicated. The Lancaster Center application can be found online at www.pspca .org, and the All 4 Paws application is at www.all4pawsrescue .com. Representatives of both organizations noted that the foster application is similar to the adoption application. “We process (the applications), and then we reach out,” said Reinmiller. Hendricks pointed out that for potential fosters who already have pets, contacting the applicant’s vet is a crucial step. “We talk to the vet to be sure (the applicant’s) pets have been well taken care of,” she stated.
See Picnic pg 2 the Ruhl’s Church Community Picnic.
See Fostering pg 5
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Food Drive Announced
he Manheim Central Food Pantry will hold a monthlong community food drive in partnership with Ford Motor Company and Hondru Ford of Manheim to raise awareness of food insecurity within the community and collect nonperishable food donations for local families and individuals in need. C o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s m ay donate nonperishable food items at Hondru Ford of Manheim, 350 S. Main St., Manheim, from Mond ays to T hursd ays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The communitywide goal is to collect 2,500 pounds of food donations by Friday, July 31. Donations will support the Manheim Central Food Pantry’s mission of providing supplemental food assistance to families and individuals residing within the Manheim Central School District.
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