Warwick NOVEMBER 19, 2025
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
REACHING MORE THAN 13,270 HOMES
VOL LXVI • NO 37
Positive, Affirming Movements Are Coming From Now I Can BY JEFF FALK
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ithout hope, there is nothing. Services that prov ide ho p e w he re there once was none or little can be life changing. Now I Can Foundation deals in the business of hope. “Only God can make miracles happen,” said Allison Ebersole, Now I Can’s executive director. “But we’re helping make miracles happen, and we’re giving families hope. The sooner we can (start working with) kids, the better chance we have of making a change.” Located at 100 W. Millport Road, Lititz, Now I Can Foundation Northeast aims to provide hope to families with children disabled by disorders like cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other gross motor delays and genetic conditions. The results don’t lie. “Some of our patients come in
not walking. Some leave walk ing. S ome le ave running,” said Ebersole. “I love being able to see the change that the therapists can make. I like being able to connect with families. I love when moms cry, because that was me with my daughter. They’re tears of happiness. Until you live it, you can’t understand it. I’ve been in a similar boat for 16 years.” The secret to the Now I Can Foundation’s success is the relatively basic concept of intensive physical therapy. It’s similar to regular physical therapy, A physical therapist works with a patient at Now I Can. “Children with neurological only ramped up a few intensity five days a week, depending upon the age of the patient and the con- challenges need repetitions and notches. At Now I Can, pediatric patients dition. Many traditional models they need thousands of repeticondense 57 hours of physical offer 40 hours of physical therapy tions,” said Ebersole. “It’s that therapy into a three-week period, a year - 45-minute sessions once a concentrated effort that makes a difference. It’s teaching the brain something like four hours a day, week for 48 weeks. See Now I Can pg 8
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Presents of presence. Judicious spending. Offerings of experiences and services. Well-thought-out, alternative gifts. Hope is a wonderful gift to both give and receive. “Your money is your vote for the kind of world you want to live in,” said Jenn Knepper, the coordinator
of the gift fair and the founder of Gifts That Give Hope Lancaster. “At the gift fair, we focus on quality over quantity. There’s a hashtag that says, ‘Put your money where your heart is.’ It’s a good way to think about your spending habits, like giving gifts that have been repurposed. It’s thinking creatively and outside of the box.” Gifts That Give Hope’s upcoming gift fair is not your typical gift fair.
This year’s edition of the in-person portion of the annual hybrid shopping event will be conducted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30, at Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. The event is free to attend, and the proceeds from the sale of the meaningful gifts will go to the nonLuisa Tapia (left) and Sophia profits represented at the fair. “There’s a palpable energy at the Spurrier of My Peruvian Treasures
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