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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 19
Sadsbury Friends Meeting to host Peace Tea BY FRANCINE FULTON
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adsbury Friends Meeting, a Quaker house of worship that is observing its 300th anniversary this year, is planning a Peace Tea fundraiser on Saturday, May 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. The event, which will offer attendees an assortment of teas and traditional high tea fare, will take place in the downstairs community room at the Meeting, 1089 Simmontown Road, Gap, located one half-mile east of Route 41. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Quaker United Na t i o n s O f f i c e ( Q U N O ) , a non-governmental organization that represents the Quakers, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, at the United Nations. With offices in Geneva and New York City, QUNO aims to represent Friends’ concerns for
See Sadsbury Friends pg 11
Members of the Sadsbury Friends Meeting are looking forward to hosting a Peace Tea.
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When Amanda Hall, director of marketing with Bank of B i rd - i n - Ha nd , co n t ac t s a nonprofit organization for the bank’s employee giving program, she likes to ask about specific needs. “That has been really helpful,” she noted, adding that one food pantry she contacted told her that having manual can openers to give away is really helpful. “If you’re living in your car or a hotel, it’s good to have a can opener,” Hall pointed out. “Not every can has a pop top.”
“This is open to everyone,” said Linda Saad, representative of the ELANCO Source Water Collaborative. Saad is seeking volunteers to collect and test water samples from streams throughout northeastern Lancaster County, where she noted no creeks are currently being monitored. “We have no volunteers,” explained Saad. “We may have some recommendations for streams we’d like to have monitored. We’d like to get some data on the upper Conestoga, but (volunteers) can pick a stream in this area.”
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international justice and peace. “Because we are raising money to donate to QUNO, an organization that works for world peace, we named the (event) Peace Tea,” explained Meeting member Connie Webster, noting that information about QUNO will be displayed at the event. Meetinghouse members will provide traditional tea cups and saucers and individual teapots. Both tea bags and loose tea made using an infuser will be provided. “We will have sandwiches and scones and there will be other sweets like cookies. We have different people making shortbread cookies and scones,” noted Webster. “We will have different varieties of hot tea, like regular black tea and herbal teas.” Gluten-free and vegetarian options will be offered, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will be available for children.
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