Restoration celebration
Celebrate renewal Sunday.
Restoration work on Country Manor, a cabin owned by The Church at Timberline, will be highlighted at an open house, 2 to 4 p.m., at the cabin, 30 Timber Lane, Strasburg.
Cabins on the grounds of the nonprofit church are part of a community outreach program for people with limited means.
Restoration was spearheaded by Paul Davis Restoration and Remodeling of Lancaster, Lebanon, York and Chester counties, owned by Steve Rotay, as part of the annual Paul Davis Restoring America program, a home-improvement initiative for those in need.
Country Manor is a 20-by-26-foot one-bedroom cottage that was renovated in 2005 but nearly destroyed by an electrical fire in 2007.
Project volunteers, including Paul Davis employees, will be recognized at the open house.
Paul Davis Restoration, which has 230 locations, has specialized in providing emergency services for properties damaged by water, mold, fire or vandalism since 1966.
For more information, call 291-6000 or visit
www.pdr-pa.com.
Support Milagro House
Raise your glass for Milagro House, serving homeless mothers and their children.
A cocktail party benefit will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Lancaster Tennis & Yacht Club, 2615 Columbia Ave., Lancaster.
Lynn and Jeff Peters will coordinate the event. He will act as disc jockey. There will be finger foods and a wine and beer cash bar.
Admission is a gift card from one or more of the following stores: Home Depot, Kmart, Save Mart, Wal-Mart, Weis, Giant, Target, Park City, Save-a-Lot and Payless Shoes.
The event is limited to 120.
For reservations, call Jeff or Lynn Peters, 898-8857.
Visit
www.MilagroHouse.org.
Sign on
Eight-week sign-language classes will be held in May at St. Edward's Episcopal Church, 2453 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster.
Beginning Sunday, beginner 1 classes will be held 6:30 to 8 p.m., and beginner 2 classes will kick off 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Conversational sign-language classes, taught by a deaf instructor, will also be held 5 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Participants must have an intermediate level of signing.
An intermediate class will be taught 6:30 to 8 p.m. beginning Tuesday, in the instructor's home (Call for details.). Participants must have a beginner 2 level of signing.
Cost is $70 per session.
Beginner and intermediate classes will use the book "Signing: How to Speak with your Hands," by Elaine Costello, which participants must purchase. It is available locally or online for about $20.
E-mail
littlecreek95@aol.com, or call 394-5555 or 203-0425.
Walk to fight arthritis
Build a team for the 3-mile Arthritis Foundation Walk in Lancaster, Saturday, at the Overlook Community Campus.
Registration begins at 9 a.m., and the walk will start at 10 a.m. Enter the campus off Fruitville Pike.
Call the Arthritis Foundation, 397-6271; visit
www.arthritis.org; or register online at
www.lancasterarthritiswalk.kintera.org.
Think pink
Throughout May, Boscov's will sell pink-inspired merchandise to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Those who donate $1 to Men Against Breast Cancer at any register can add a sticker to the pink ribbon poster located at the store entrance and receive a free self-exam reminder bookmark.
Boscov's will also offer various sales and specials, as well as food samples and demonstrations.
Visit
www.boscovs.com.
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