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APRIL 9, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 5
Lititz Stroller Gang is baking up something special to 1 p.m. on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to Lititz Springs t’s a group of individuals Park, 24 N. Broad St., Lititz. The doing what they’re good at, social/service group will accept pooling their talents for a cash and payment via the online financial apps PayPal and Venmo greater cause. The Lititz Stroller Gang, a col- for baked goods, but not credit lection of moms, is holding a bake cards. “It’s so amazing when we get sale. “We have so many bakers in our to that day, just to see all the love moms put into group,” said Ashley things,” said Mayer. Mayer, the Lititz “We always want “ I t ’s h a n d m a d e S t r o l l e r G a n g ’s things made with founder. “Ever yto bless others.” love. A lot of people thing is ‘momma know about us, but makes.’ It falls in line with where our talents are. you get a glimpse of what our It’s very much these moms doing group is about. We do really like what they love. We’re baking real, the fellowship, just hanging out authentic stuff. It’s from their and having a good time.” Some of the 500 featured items kitchens.” The Lititz Stroller Gang is that will be available at the bake staging this year’s edition of its sale include breakfast goods, annual fundraising bake sale on sourdough bread loaves, seaSaturday, April 19, from 9 a.m. soned pretzels, scones, banana BY JEFF FALK
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BY JEFF FALK
Hope Inspire Love takes both a realistic and an optimistic approach to its work . T he human trafficking-fighting local nonprofit also takes its fun seriously. Hope Inspire Love’s upcoming event is a mixture of style and substance, of business and play and of joy and caution. “When people dress in formal attire, they feel elegant,” said
Amy Thurston, Hope Inspire Love’s CEO and co-founder. “They’re meeting people who have similar beliefs. They’re excited. They feel beautiful. But they’re seeing that their support has purpose; it’s supporting the work we do. It’s a night of beauty while also bringing hope. They’ll be hearing hard stories, but the beauty outweighs them.” Hope Inspire Love’s third annual gala and awards ceremony - the organization’s largest See Hope Inspire Love pg 2
EPC Golf Outing will benefit Good Samaritan Services BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Like golfers who win the Masters Tournament and the green jackets tailored for them, Good Samaritan Services (Good Sam) and Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) are ideally suited for one another. The two community-minded organizations are once again linking up for the 18th annual EPC Golf Outing benefiting Good Samaritan Services. The charity event will be held Friday, June 6, at Crossgates Golf Club, 1 Crossland Pass, Millersville. There will be two sessions of golf. The first will tee off at 7:30 a.m., and the second Rachel Shelley (left), director of marketing for Good Samaritan Services; Dan Silva (middle), Engle Printing & will start at 1:30 p.m. A light breakfast and a Publishing Co., Inc. (EPC) marketing and communications See EPC Golf Outing pg 4 director; and Jocelyn Engle, EPC publisher
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See Lititz Stroller Gang pg 5 The Lititz Stroller Gang goes for a walk.