84-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, November 23, 1996 Life-Giving Alternatives To Holiday Gifts LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) The needy family. Informational vid- Lititz Church of the Brethren will eos on HPI will be shown in the host the ninth annual Heifer Pro- dining area over the lunch hour, ject International (HPI) “Living For more information, contact Gift Fair” Nov, 30 liom 9 a.m. to 2 Dan Fitzkee at 665-5743. p.m Held the day after Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, the fair provides conscien tious Christmas shoppers a relax ing atmosphere in which to purch ase life-giving alternative holiday gifts. Sponsored by HPI and staffed by an ecumenical group of more than SO volunteers, the fair enables people to deal with two problems at once - holiday shop ping and global hunger. Shoppers purchase animals or shares of ani mals in the name of r friend. The frienc receives an attractia HPI gift card, and a fam ily in need receives th< HPI animal that ii purchased. Colorfully decoratec tables provide informa tion about how these animals benefit pool families in the U.S. and around the world. Shop pers can choose from a variety of animals, rang ing from cows, to yaks, to iquanas, to honeybees. Those wishing to take something home with them can choose from Discovery Toys, attrac tive HPI clothing and merchandise, arts and crafts, homemade baked goods, and more. Homemade soups and sandwiches will be on sale for lunch. Special attractions for children include live lla mas (provided by Log Cabin Llamas ol Hphra ta), balloons, and other planned activities. A non-profit Christ ian organization that works in partnership with t l3 denominations to provide animals and related services, HPI was founded by Church of the Brethren layman Dan West, whose dream was to give “not a cup, but a cow” - to provide families with a source of food rather than short term relief. Since a heifer named Faith sailed to Puerto Rico in 1944, HPI has supplied more than one million families in 110 countries with food and income-producing ani mals, along with train ing in animal husban dry; ecologically sound, sustainable farming; and community development Today, HPI provides families in 38 countries with 21 different kinds of animals. A unique feature is the requirement that recipients “pass on the gift” by sharing an offspring of their gift animal with another The Lidtz Church of the Bre thren is located at 300 W. Orange St., Lititz, across from Warwick High School. "Quafity is remembered Cony after price is forgotten" 1925 West Main Street, Ephrata, PA 17522 717-738-3781 Fax 717-733-2226 We are a wholesale distributor and Importer of only the finest nuts, dried fruits, candies, sugars, flours, Shanks Extracts, coffees, teas, and much more. We carry over 4,500 items! 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Closed Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser A time to be thankful for a bountiful summer and for all of the other blessings that we take for granted. I’ve added up the frozen and canned goods that I presaved this summer and found that we have almost 400 quarts. There is quite a variety of fruits and vegetables as there are 39 different kinds frozen. Over the holidays we should have an opportunity to give some to our children when they visit When I think of blessings, I think of good health. For the fust 20 years of my marriage, I often had to take one or the other of our six children to the doctor. He made no appointments and there fore we often waited for hours. Sometimes the women would say to each other that they should have brought their ironing along. At that time we did a lot of dresses and shirts as clothes were not perma-pressed. My mother told me that she thought everything should be starched before ironing. I remember that she cooked a starch for her clothes. Nowadays, we make doctor appointments and still wait an Wholesale distributor of Nuts, Dried Fruits, Candies, Coffees 8 Teas More Than 4,500 Varieties Holiday Orders Taken Now hour. Until one gets older, you do not realize how many specialists there are to attend to your needs. One for your skin, one for your lungs, one for your eyes, etc. Yet, we are thankful we have no major affliction. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to gather family together for food and fellowship. Children grow up so quickly and due to dis tance we do not see them often enough. f) OQWXTCOWt M COFFEE SHOP / 3519 Columbia Avenue Lancaster, PA 17603 Phone: (717) 285-9688 HOURS; M-F 6:30-8:30; Sat. 6:30-5:00 Sun. Closed