Pequea Valley townlively.com
MAY 7, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 20
A dream hastened May fundraiser planned for new nonprofit organization BY ANN MEAD ASH
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he question “What happens to a dream deferred?” is often quoted. Lenea DeTore is experiencing the opposite. “I wasn’t planning on doing this right now,” pointed out the 2016 Pequea Valley High School graduate. “I always wanted to start a coffee shop for people with disabilities (to work at), but I am a full-time occupational therapist working with children with disabilities, and I love it. So, I wasn’t going to do this until I retired.” The Caring Cup, which Lenea hopes to open on a spot of land located near Hatville Road and Route 340 in Gordonville, will be focused on helping parents of children with special needs who have aged out of many forms of care and are looking for fulfilling work. “When the children age out, the parents don’t know what to do,” said Lenea, who noted that
often an adult with a disability may require supervision. Lenea wants to bring a coffee shop that provides both supervision and employment to the Pequea Valley area. “It’s a very caring community,” she noted. A few years ago, Lenea went to visit her great-aunt. Her second cousin was present, and when she told him about her dream, he mentioned the availability of the plot of land. “That’s what started it,” recalled Lenea, who credits her husband, Nicholas, for encouraging and supporting her dream in myriad ways. “He said, ‘Do it now,’” she recalled, adding, “He got me my logo and domain for Christmas (2023), and I cried.” Lenea also noted that Nicholas filed her 501(c)(3) in early 2024. Not long after, that a fundraising opportunity presented itself. “Another cousin mentioned Sunrise Coffee, which is a local brewer Board members of The Caring Cup are (front, from left) Carol King, Nicholas DeTore, Lenea DeTore, in Intercourse,” said Lenea, who (back) Merv King, Joshua Riehl, Samuel Riehl, Lena King, (not pictured) Ronald Becker, Lena Riehl, and See The Caring Cup pg 13 Lydia Petersheim.
Veterans return to Bird-in-Hand
A change of season and venue
The Clinic for Special Children 5K (left photo) and Kid’s Color Fun Run (right photo) will both move to Leola for this year’s event, which will be held in May. BY ANN MEAD ASH
then located in Strasburg, suggested a 5K fundraiser. “Keturah Back in 2018, a nurse on staff Beiler, who was a runner, really at the Clinic for Special Children, spearheaded the effort to get the
5K started,” recalled Kelly Cullen, marketing and communications manager for the Clinic for Special Children. The 5K became an
The Lancaster County Veterans Breakfast Club (LCVBC) met at the Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant and Smorgasbord for five years until a fire temporarily shut down the restaurant in December of 2023. During the interim, the group met at the former Revere Tavern and then at a variety of local diners. During that time, LCVBC founder Bill Terry saw attendance shrink from around 100 to about 30 a month, but on March 29, 100 club members
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once again breakfasted together when the group was able to return to Bird-in-Hand. “When I got the call that they could put us back in, we went from 30 to 100,” said a smiling Terry. “We are the only group that’s here (at this time). They wanted us back.” LCVBC meets on the third Saturday of every month. The breakfasts are free for veterans and spouses. Many of the breakfasts are paid for by sponsors, including local businesses. Attendees begin arriving at 7 a.m. See LCVBC pg 6
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