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JUNE 11, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 14
CV Leo Club Is Developing Its Community Roar BY JEFF FALK
Leo - Leadership, Experience, Opportunity - stands for service. Leo means doing the right thing all the time. Leo is a lion. “It’s important to be a part of your community and give back to create change in your community,” said Jarrett Falduts, who’s a Bareville, Leola, Leacock Lion and the adviser for the recently formed Conestoga Valley Leo Club. “Just being a person who gives. It’s really just God’s work. You have to reach down and help
See Leo Club pg 2
There’s More to LCFH Than Meets the Eye BY JEFF FALK
“I put great value in the idea that we can all stand in the community and be better.” receive services. LCFH does ask that clients receive food no more than once a calendar month and clothing no more than once every two months. “ We envision a L ancaster County where everyone lives a life of stability and dignity,” said
McFarling. “We’re hoping to build relationships. Basic human needs are what it takes for us to survive. If I’m helping someone with food and clothing, I’m freeing them up for their rent payments. Rent eats first. And if they can make their rent, maybe they can go to the doctor.” In 2024, more than 73,000 visitors received services from LCFH, about 56,000 of whom were food recipients. Many of those LCFH neighbors earn less than 180% of the federal poverty level, and about 60% of those who visit earn too much money to qualify for federal government subsidies. “ T he y ’re individuals who cannot make ends meet,” said McFarling, a resident of Lititz. “We support hundreds of unsheltered neighbors each year. By and large, they’re Lancaster County residents, but we don’t turn away anyone who comes. We’re going to make sure you get what you
Members of the Conestoga Valley Leo Club volunteer at a community event.
Aastha Horizons Benefits Everyone BY JEFF FALK
Philanthropy is universal and timeless. The act of giving back is not bound by race, ethnicity or color. The Aastha Horizons Fund is managed and operated by a group made up of predominantly Lancaster County Indian-Asian Americans. Its mission is to help everyone in an attempt to make their home a better place to live.
“My favorite part is the philanthropy,” said Manjeet Kaur, one of the founders of the Aastha Horizons Fund and a resident of Manheim Township. “We’ve been given so much by Lancaster County, and now we want to give back. Everybody does it for different reasons. I saw my family and dad (give back). When you see enough of it, it feels like your duty.” “Giving begins at home,” said Reema Parikha, an advisory group See Aastha Horizons pg 2
See Lancaster County Food Hub pg 8
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he Lancaster County Food Hub (LCFH) is the possessor of one fine title. But perhaps the organization should be called the Lancaster County Food, Clothing and Shelter Hub. Despite its formal name, LCFH concerns itself with three of the five basic human needs. And because those needs in Lancaster County are great, that makes the local nonprofit’s work even more important. “We just haven’t changed our name yet,” said Paige McFarling, who’s been LCFH’s executive director for four years. “We’re getting there. I think it’s essential that we come up with a name that shows who we are and lets people know what we do.” From a 27,000-square-foot renovated warehouse located at 812 N. Queen St., Lancaster, LCFH provides food, clothing and
shelter services for county families and individuals in need. Serving with faith and compassion, LCFH distributes its services without asking questions and with few limitations. Clients or neighbors are not required to show identification to
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people out. The impact it creates for yourself and others is unlike anything else.” It’s been a few months since Falduts; his son, Geno, a sophomore at Conestoga Valley (CV) High School; and his daughter, Sydney, a seventh-grader at CV’s Gerald G. Huesken Middle School, pooled their talents to form the Conestoga Valley Leo Club. The club is sponsored and supported by the Bareville, Leola, Leacock Lions Club, but it is not officially affiliated with the Conestoga Valley School District.