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JULY 2, 2025
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Yard Sale To Benefit Mission Work
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large yard sale to benefit mission work in Senegal will take place for the eighth time on Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, beginning at 8 a.m. at the home of Jill and Mike Edelman, 2449 Ridge Road (Route 23), Elverson. Mike and Jill are missionaries with Global Training Network (GTN), an organization that trains pastors and other Christian leaders around the world. The yard sale is returning this summer after a two-year absence. “I’ve had people stop and knock on my door and see if we are doing our yard sale,” Jill shared. The yard sale will help fund a child sponsorship program, which is being offered through a partnership with Mission Inter Senegal, which is a church planting NGO (non-governmental organization). “The sponsorship program will provide for the education, evangelism outreach, health care and nutrition for 200 children in the villages of Baback and Ngalagne, Senegal,” Jill said. Shoppers will find a variety of
Organizers are Mike and Jill Edelman. Photo by Francine Fulton
items at the upcoming sale, including antiques, lamps, artwork, furniture, jewelry, toys, baby and toddler items, fishing gear, sports equipment and housewares. “We price everything to sell. We have gotten incredible feedback about our prices,” said Jill. “One hundred percent of the items have been donated, and 100% go to the mission work that we are doing, which (benefits a) school and projects for
pastors and other people in villages that need help surviving.” Jill and Mike became missionaries as members of Calvary Fellowship Church in Lionville. Mike served as the pastor of prayer and groups at Calvary Fellowship in 2007 until joining GTN. “In 2020, we went full time as missionaries at GTN,” Jill explained. “We go and train pastors and church leaders that don’t have access to affordable See Yard Sale pg 2
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at either Springton Manor Farm, 860 Spring Road, Glenmoore, or Two Gander Farm, 110 Buck Road, Downingtown. According to Nick Imbesi, CCFB director of community relations, volunteers will help in the CCFB warehouse packing Senior Food Boxes or Summer Student Boxes. Currently, shifts are available from 1 to 4 p.m. Senior Food Boxes are given out monthly and are designed to meet the nutritional needs of aging adults, while Summer Volunteers will work in the CCFB’s Student Boxes provide food for processing kitchen to help prepare, See Volunteers pg 2 plate and package meals.
This summer, Berks County readers are invited to help a shelter pet find a forever home just by reading. As part of the third annual Pages for Pets program, community members are being invited to read a total of 500,000 minutes from now through Friday, July 25. If the challenge is met, Reading District Libraries will fully sponsor the adoption of one animal at the Animal Rescue League of Berks County (ARL) that is seeking a forever home. Participants may read whatever they choose, including novels, e-books, audiobooks, newspapers or comics and graphic novels, and then log their reading minutes. Every minute contributes to reaching the 500,000-minute goal that will fund the adoption fee of a shelter pet. “The Reading District Libraries are using funding from our budget to sponsor the program,” explained Marissa Guidara, youth services district consultant for Reading District Libraries. She noted that the program’s progress can be found at each participating librar y, which includes the Village Library of Morgantown and the Boone Area Library in Birdsboro, and at www.berkslibraries.org. “At each library location, they have a poster where they are filling in the minutes each week to show how far we’ve gotten. It will also be on the Berks County Libraries’ website,” Guidara noted. “There is an online form on the website where people can submit how much they read, and that will be updated every Monday around midday.” See Reading Challenge pg 4
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Those interested in volunteering for the Chester County Food Bank (CCFB), a nonprofit organization that provides food to people in need, are invited to donate their time to the organization on Pennsylvania Day, Friday, July 18, in partnership with America250 PA Chester County. A number of volunteer opportunities are available at the CCFB warehouse, 650 Pennsylvania Drive, Exton. For those who would rather volunteer out of doors, they may help harvest fresh vegetables
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