Manheim Central townlively.com
DECEMBER 28, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIII • NO 48
Providing Joy For Christmas BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Since 2014, Northwest EMS has been collecting toys for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program. Working with 24 partner locations, including its EMS stations in Manheim and Elizabethtown, Northwest EMS collected toys from earlier this fall through December, when the donations were delivered to the Toys for Tots distribution warehouse. “We delivered more than 60 boxes,” said Lori Shenk, community outreach manager of Northwest EMS, noting that Toys for Tots will distribute the toys to See Joy pg 7
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Jan Marie and Chris Blouch in Cabal’s Lair
A Community-Minded Couple BY CATHY MOLITORIS
hen Jan Marie and Chris Blouch held a food drive over two days in November, they collected a ton of food almost literally. “ We collected
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1,963 pounds of food, just short of a ton,” Jan Marie said. “A ton is our goal for next year.” The couple, which owns of Cabal’s Lair in Manheim, has been holding the food drive for seven years. Customers and community
members were encouraged to bring nonperishable items for the Manheim Central Food Pantry and the Agape Family Shelter in Lebanon, and the public responded. “It was phenomenal,” Jan Marie recalled of the two-day event. “We
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were busy with people dropping off donations from the moment we unlocked our doors until we closed up at night.” In addition to food donations, the drive collected $1,300 in cash contributions for the Agape Family Shelter. See Community pg 4
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