Pequea Valley townlively.com
APRIL 10, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 16
The Factory offers fun with bingo BY ANN MEAD ASH
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ethany Miller, adult advocate with T he Factor y Ministries, cannot contain her enthusiasm when she talks about the monthly bingo event she organizes for Factory participants. “It’s a great opportunity to watch a participant win, yell out, ‘Bingo!’ and then go up to select from a great array of prizes,” said Miller, who added that participants love the event so much, they often line up outside the door before it starts. Bingo is held monthly at The Factory, 3293 Lincoln Highway East, Paradise. The event is normally held from 1 to 3 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month, but in April, it will be held on Thursday, April 18. “We typically have 50 to 70 people that come to bingo,” noted Miller. “(Participants) are surrounded by people.” Miller explained that bingo helps bolster a participant’s relational resources. “We believe
Participants in The Factory Ministries program watch their bingo cards carefully (left photo) as Megan Shertzer calls numbers (right photo).
there are six primary resources, and we try to walk alongside our participants (to enhance these),” said Miller, who explained that when working with clients, she uses a set of six dominoes to provide a visual explanation. “We use these to explain the primary resources and how they are interconnected,” she said, setting up dominoes labeled relational, emotional, financial, spiritual,
physical, and intellectual. “I stand them up and explain that when we lose one of these resources, the rest fall down behind them.” Miller noted that the members of The Factory advocacy team are tasked with learning which of those resources is lacking and coming alongside the client to rebuild. “When we bolster one, the rest tend to be bolstered behind it,” she pointed out.
Bingo, which Miller believes has been held at The Factory for more than three years, has been successful in helping participants to build relational resources. “Some (participants) have started to come as a group and bring their own snacks,” she noted, adding that many of the participants are socially isolated. “Bingo gives them an opportunity to meet other people and leave their
homes (for a while).” Miller continued, “Meeting with people and forming relationships is very powerful and can help an individual in a lot of ways.” In addition to meeting with other participants, Miller lines up representatives of local organizations to make presentations. “We try to have at least one community ser vice See The Factory pg 2
An artist’s life
BY FRANCINE FULTON
BY ANN MEAD ASH
When members of the Christiana Historical Society were able to secure the William P. Brinton House as their headquarters, they envisioned a place that would not only house their artifacts and historical exhibits but serve as a community gathering place. Part of that vision became reality as the society presented its first Saturday on the Porch program on March 2. During the event, the community was invited to purchase hot coffee, hot tea and sweets, including whoopie pies, brownies and cookies, while Enjoying Saturday on the Porch are (from left) Mary Smith,
Wood artist Dave Zimmerman knows well the blessing and the curse of being an artist. “I can’t stop,” said Zimmerman, standing in his shop - a structure filled floor to ceiling with his unique creations. “I have said I am going to stop, but I just can’t.” Zimmerman’s work is currently on display at Morton Fine Furniture, 61 E. Main St., Lititz. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as Mondays through T hursdays by appointment. Zimmerman’s work has been
See Historical society pg 5 Darlene Colón and Jim Groff.
featured in House Beautiful and Bride’s Magazine, and he has won awards in juried East Coast competitions. Morton, a furniture maker, called Zimmerman’s work “outstanding” and said that he admires Zimmerman’s “ingenuity and skill.” Zimmerman first picked up woodworking tools in his father’s workshop when he was a child. “I played there when he went off to work,” confessed Zimmerman, who later improved his woodworking skills at Rutt Quality Cabinetry in the 1960s. Although Zimmerman also worked as a truck driver and went to college See David Zimmerman pg 6
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