Penn Manor APRIL 16, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 51
Community will remember Ruggieri by not running
Homefields Care Farm will tell visitors about its mission
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Ho m e f i e l d s C a re Fa r m , 150 Letort Road, Millersville, will hold its annual Open Farm event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. “It’s the one day we open our farm and our grounds to the community and welcome anyone in the community to come and see what we do, learn about our mission, learn about opportunities to volunteer, and learn about the CSA (community-supported agriculture) that we do,” said Dominique Didier, vice president of Homefields’ board of directors and the chairperson of events. “We make it a fun day.” Program coordinator Andrew Phillips and farm manager Tony Beers will lead tours of the certified organic farm at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. “ We take you around the farm, explain what our farming practices are, how we treat the land, what types of crops we grow and how,” Phillips said. “You will get to see the full property and all the different projects we have going on.
Participants in a previous year’s event get ready to not run.
chicken, macaroni and cheese, smoked beans, and coleslaw. Participants are asked to come dressed in their most outrageous activewear; a prize will be awarded to the best-dressed runner. The Un-Run will have a DJ for the first time, with DJ Neidermeyer spinning tunes. Ruggieri had discussed plans for the Un-Run be fore the COVID-19 pandemic hit and his health declined. “I just thought it was such a great idea, we had to make it happen,” Horst said. The runners will stand behind a long tape like the kind commonly found at the finish line of marathons. Then Horst will use a megaphone to announce, “Are you ready to not run? On your mark, get set ...” and then blow a whistle. Everyone will take one step forward to break through the tape. That will be the end of the “run” and the beginning of
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tephanie Horst said to understand what the third annual Pete Ruggieri Memorial 0.0 Un-Run is about, you must first know a little about Ruggieri. Ruggieri, who passed away in March 2023, was a charitable, larger-than-life personality who insisted that everyone around him was having a good time, Horst said. Fun and philanthropy are the focus of the Un-Run, which will be held Saturday, April 26, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Phantom Power, 121 W. Frederick St., Millersville. Doors will open at 2 p.m., and the “race” will start at 3 p.m., followed by a meal at 3:05 p.m. To purchase tickets, go to www.eventbrite.com and type “Pete Ruggieri” in the search bar with “Millersville, PA” listed as the location. Attendees must be 21 years old or over, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. The registration fee includes entry to the event, a barbecue meal, a numbered race bib, a “0.0” sticker, a chance to win door prizes, yard games, table games, and “general frivolity,” said Horst. T he Fat Is W here I t ’s At Barbeque, an award-winning competitive barbecue team, will provide the buffet meal, which will include pulled pork, pulled
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