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hirley Flickinger is always keeping busy in the Lititz community. Next time you see her around, tell her, “Hey, Shirley, keep up the good work.” For Shirley, volunteering is good work, perhaps the best kind of work. “I do (volunteering) because I love being helpful,” said Shirley. “I love helping people. I love making our community a better place. It just makes my heart feel good. It’s a good feeling.” Recently, Shirley was recognized for decades of giving back to the Lititz community. In May, Shirley was named the Volunteer of the Year by the Pennsylvania Downtown Center (PDC), an organization that helps promote local business districts
Mural Project Allows Heart Artists To Express Who They Are BY JEFF FALK
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With her husband, Bill “Flick” Flickinger, by her side, Shirley Flickinger
See Shirley Flickinger pg 2 accepts her Volunteer of the Year award.
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A mural is a massive painting or picture portraying a scene or depicting an idea. It typically adorns a large inside wall or the outside of a building. For artists, a mural is a creative outlet, self-expression, its own art form. For Heart Artists, a mural can be therapeutic, represent inclusivity and become an avenue for connecting with a community. “I think (murals) are different for everyone,” said Trisha Goldsborough, Friendship Community’s marketing coordinator. “The (Heart) Artists get to see their work displayed on such a public place. It makes them feel like Heart Artists Emily Hoy (left) and Taylor Seppi
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See Heart Artists pg 3 Friendship Community studio on East Oregon Road.
Foundation Provides Families With a Chance To Feel Normal BY GEORGE DEIBEL
Lynn Walker was worried. In 2013, after her son Caleb had undergone his third brain surgery, a friend sent the family away for an extended weekend trip to Ocean City, N.J. Caleb had been gone for more than two hours on a beach bike expedition, and Lynn was getting anxious. “Caleb comes bursting through the door and says, ‘I know what I’m going to do! I’m going to start a foundation!’” Lynn recalled. Caleb explained that while biking by the ocean he had felt normal for the first time in four years. “He said, ‘When you get away from everything else, you get to feel normal. This is what I want to give people,’” said Lynn. For the last 11 years, the organization Caleb formed, A Week Away Foundation, has been providing families with weeklong vacations. “Our mission is to provide respite weeks for families that are battling a life-threatening illness, thereby enabling them to come back refreshed from some time away so they can re-engage and continue to fight their disease,” said Lynn, who is the director of the registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. There are no age limitations for people going on the trip, which is for a patient diagnosed by a medical doctor and undergoing treatment, as well as family members and friends who have been caring for the patient since the diagnosis. The site of the respites must be drivable and within a 500-mile See A Week Away pg 4
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