Manheim Central DECEMBER 17, 2025
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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A Thousand Bags, Bingo and Pounds of Big Community Impact Kindness BY CAT SHANNON
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Connie Dienner, the founder and executive director of Cavod Performing Arts, knows exactly whom to credit for the success of her nonprofit, which is expanding its Manheim location. “The Lord just opened up the doors for us,” she said. “And the community has embraced us.” Cavod, located at 1223 Lancaster Road, is in the midst of a 6,000square-foot expansion, which will double the size of the space.
For 18 years, the owners of Cabal’s Lair have been hosting a party to celebrate the community and their business, located at 63 S. Main St., Manheim. While the festivities have always included food, drinks and prizes, for the past decade, the party has also featured a food drive. This year’s celebration, held on Nov. 22 and 23, garnered 673 pounds of food for the Manheim Central Food Pantry and 346 pounds of food for the Agape Family Shelter in Lebanon. “We had a fantastic turnout!” said Jan Marie Blouch, who owns Cabal’s Lair with her husband, Chris. She noted that the food for the Manheim pantry filled a small pickup truck, and the donations for the Lebanon shelter filled an SUV. “It was a total of 1,019 pounds of food,” she said. The Manheim Central Food Pantry provides food to anyone in the community who meets the requirements. At the Agape Family Shelter, the families that live on-site share the food. For the Blouches, hosting the food drive means much more than just throwing a party. “It’s important for me to host an event like this, because I do know what it’s like to be truly in need, down and out and need shelter/food,” Jan Marie said. “There was a time when the Agape Shelter was there for my family, so I want to be there for them. And Manheim has always been home for our tattoo shop, so of course we take care of that community.” At the party, people brought food for the drive and also
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hen Shayna Sharp suggested a purse bingo as a fundraiser for the Women’s Club of Manheim, she hoped the event would draw a crowd. She was right. For the seventh ye a r, t h e c l u b w i l l host the bingo, and although it’s not happening until February, tickets will go on sale Friday, Dec. 26. “Tickets are available until we sell out. We With some of the prizes from the Designer Purse Bingo are (from left) Shayna Sharp, Michelle Sheirer, Laura Bower, Ruth Ann Martin and Susan Ford. will be selling a total of 275 tickets,” Sharp said. “Last year the cafeteria of Manheim Central also have the opportunity to win a we did sell out within a week of High School, 400 E. Adele Ave. The variety of prizes. “We usually have tickets being available, so I would doors will open at noon, and the 40-plus (giveaways) ranging from recommend getting them right first game will begin at 1 p.m. event tickets to gift cards to themed away.” “There will be 20 regular bingo baskets. There will also be a 50/50. The Designer Purse Bingo will be games as well as four special games,” We will have food, including sandheld on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, in Sharp said, noting that people will wiches from R&K Subs, hot dogs,
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