Homefields Incorporated Newsletter 31

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ExpansionUpdate:Were ndingman-eating holesin the barn foor.

In the last newsletter, I asked peoplewho wanted to serve on a non-prot

board to contact me or opportunities,and I must say, the response was armore than I anticipated. We have twonew board members, and I still need tointerview two more potential candidates.Hopeully, by the time this newslettergoes to press, I will have done just that.I am humbled to be a part o the board,and I look orward to the challenges weace this year.

One o those challenges is the newproperty we purchased last year. Tanksto Susan Blue at Community ServicesGroup and to Ron Kratol and JohnMcHenry at Goodwill Industries, ourinterest payments on the new propertyhave been taken care o until 2012. Aterthat, the Homeelds board will have tostep up and take over the payments. Sothe board is currently discussing howwe are going to do that. It will be noeasy task, and we have some tough deci-sions to make. I wish we could say thatdonations alone will take care o it , butthey wont. We appreciate everythingour readership and donor base does orus, but the property payments are sub-stantial, and it will just take more thanwe normally receive. Tat being said, weare looking at several options, and Imoptimistic that it will all come together.

Speaking o the new property, omand Linda Strauss, erry Blue, and Ihave been working to clean up the barns

ISSUE THIRTY-ONE MAY 2011

Residential Mission:

o create nancially secure, long-term homes or adults with specialneeds in sae, amily-like settingswhere there is respect or the indi-

vidual in a holistic sense, and unand creativity are revered, as basichuman needs.

Vocational Mission:

o provide horticultural acilitiesor individuals who prosper withsupported employment, to nurtureintegration through community in-teraction, and to cultivate a spirit o

volunteerism within our community.

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Jay Gro, Pres.Allison G. Hawthorne, Vice Pres.Kay Welty, Acting reasurerSuzanne Ollar, SecretaryCourtney Barry

erry W. BlueDeb DeberdineW. Lee EastwoodJeanne Marie RoseTomas E. Strauss

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James DetermanDorothy L. Lyet

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Scott Breneman, Farm Manager,Goodwill at Homeelds

Melody Edwards, ResidentialSupervisor, Community ServicesGroup at Homeelds

ricia Warel, Recording Secretary,Homeelds

Te ocial registration statement and nancial inormation o Homeelds may beobtained rom the Pennsylvania Department o State by calling toll ree, withinPennsylvania, 1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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at 128 Letort. We have already lled one20-yard roll-o dumpster, and we have anempty one sitting there waiting to be lled.wo sections o the barn have been cleaned,and we are working on the large centersection. So ar we have pulled 7 manurespreader loads o loose straw out o that sec-tion, and we have only scratched the surace.Te straw is being put on the Goodwillcompost pile, so it is going to good use. Te

straw is 2 eet thick in some sections, andwe are nding man-eating holes in the barnoor, which is making the clean up interest-ing. See photo. Andy Frye stopped in to helpus one Saturday, so I want to thank him orhis contribution. om Strauss has smashed

old wire chicken crates with the backhoeand has taken over 500 pounds o metal tothe recycler, and there is at least that muchstill let to smash. I anyone knows an orga-nization that could help us with the cleanup, Id really like to talk to them. I estimatethat there are about 120 to 150 work hoursneeded yet to clean up the property.

Linda had the good idea to call Paul RiskAssociates to see i the barns can be salvagedor whether we should bulldoze them under.Paul plays in our all gol tournament andhas helped Homeelds in the past with hiscontracting expertise. Paul was on vacation,but his son Steve met om and me at theproperty and said that the main section o

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Please make checks payable to Homefelds Inc. andreturn in enclosed envelope.

Forms are also available online at www.homefelds.org

HF Resident Recognized by ARCBrian, a resident o the stone house atHomeelds, was honored in March

2011 or raising the highest dollaramount in pledges when he and el-low resident Jason participated in theAnnual ARC Walk in 2010. Tey hadjoined over a hundred other walkersand supporters as they braved thecold and blustery weather to supportthis worthy cause. Te event wassponsored by GP Nuclear/Tree MileIsland and emceed by Ken Slotnick oWGAL. Te Arc is the worlds largestcommunity based organization oand or people with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities.

add-ons should be taken down.Again, everything costs, and weneed to plan what the priorities areand what time line we are lookingat. I you love demolition, contactus and well listen to your ideas.

Board member Allison Haw-thorne is heading up a task orceto discuss nancial concerns andproperty overview and planning.Tis will determine the directionthe board will be going in theupcoming months. Te commit-tee will be looking at undraisers,

grants, and just what do we dowith the new property and howthat ts with our existing propertyand mission statement. Tis willnot be an easy task, but I believe, inthe end, the board will have a bet-ter idea as to what and where oureorts should be directed.

Dr. Jeanne Marie Rose is a newboard member. She is workingwith the Millersville students whoare developing a Homeelds publicrelations campaign.

I want to thank board memberSuzanne Ollar or the Homeeldsresidents dinner that was held at

Millersville University in March.Te ood and service were great.Everyone seemed to have a goodtime.

I know the next paragraph is atouchy one right now, but I needto ask or your help. EverythingHomeelds does costs money, andour two sources o income are

you (our generous donors) andthe all gol tournament. Tis yearthere are some extra costs with the128 Letort property, and we lostmoney with the Harley rae, sowe are about $4,000 short until theproceeds come in or the gol tour-nament later in the year. Anythingthat you can do to help would begreatly appreciated. Even donatingtime to help clean the barns or cutthe brush would save us the moneyto hire someone to do it. elling uswhat you can do will help us builda database o people we can call.We appreciate all that you do or us.

Sincerely,Jay GrofPresident, Homeelds

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Its that time o year to mark your calendarsor some un in the autumn sun. TheFiteenth Annual Homeelds Fall ClassicGol Tournament is scheduled or September16, 2011, again at Crossgates Gol Club inMillersville.

As we have in past years, the event planners areputting the emphasis on oering a lighthearted butrewarding opportunity or ellowship and or interesting

variations on standard golng practice. Those who have participated in anyo the previous ourteen outings probably will have a clear idea o what thatentails. Newcomers can sign up to see what all the unusual un is about.

At this printing, it is unclear whether play will just be in the aternoon orwill include scheduling in the morning as well. A clear ow o inormation willbe shared with all on our surace and electronic mailing lists. In the past, themorning round has started at 7:30 am, and the aternoon round kicks o at12:30 pm. The registration ee or the aternoon or morning round will be $80,and the charge to play in both the morning and aternoon will be $140.

Breakast, lunch, and on-course rereshments are included with the morn-ing round. Lunch (at a subsidized price), dinner, and rereshments will beprovided or aternoon groups. Prizes will be oered or both the morning andaternoon groups, i the number playing in the morning is sufcient. Theseinclude signicant hole-in-one rewards and chances to win or longest drive,straightest drive, closest to the pin, and lowest score.

A signicant eort is made or the Homeelds outings to keep the pace o

play quick. We have managed to do that in the past, and we will plan a similaroutcome or #15. This, o course, adds nothing negative to the experience.

It is our sponsors who contribute selessly to making this day o gol tobenet Homeelds possible. We have thanked them each year, and we lookorward to expressing our gratitude to them again this year. At the same time,we welcome new sponsors at any level. Inormation regarding sponsor oppor-tunities may be ound at www.homeelds.org. Questions o any type may bedirected to Terry Blue at [email protected] or 717-684-2379.

As always, Crossgates clearly is one o the best venues or gol in the area.The course is always in great shape, and the sta is very accommodating. Lineup your riends and make your plans to share in what is regularly a wonderulday in the company o other great people. And its all or a great cause.

Terry Blue

Harley Rae Rides Into the SunsetTis year the Annual Harley Rae was held in the Homeelds board room onValentines Day, upholding a long tradition. Te winner was a woman romCaliornia. She plans to give the bike to her sister who lives in North Carolina.Te drawing was overseen by Homeelds President Jay Gro and the winningticket was drawn by ranch house resident Lisa. Several board members andall the residents attended the drawing.

Representative o a largernancial context, the last raeoperated at a loss so the board

has decided that this will bethe last one, at least or theoreseeable uture. We thankall o our supporters romyears past, and we hope thatall our previous winners enjoythe open road saely with thewind in their aces and a smilein their hearts.

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Things are popping everywhere you look at Homefelds, inside and out!

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A Flowering Public RelationsCampaign or HomefeldsWorking in collaboration with Millersville University students, Homeeldsbrought some sunshinesunowers, to be exactto an overcast Friday artwalk in downtown Lancaster. Tere, the seven students distributed packetso sunower seeds sporting the Homeelds logo and inormation about theorganization.

Te April 1 seed distribution was just one acet o a multi-pronged publicrelations campaign developed by students in Dr. Tomas BoylesPublic

Relations Campaigns class. Te course pairs student-run PR teams withcommunity clients. Homeelds is beneting rom the creative energy oElite Public Relations, headed by Account Executive Tomas Jones.

o date, the campaign has involved multiple eorts to raise Homeelds,Inc.s visibility in the Lancaster community. Annie Hill, the teams CreativeDirector, says shes excited to work or Homeelds to build awareness. Tegroups eorts have included designing and distributing 500 seed packets,developing various inormational brochures, recording public service an-nouncements or radio, and organizing a restaurant undraiser at Friendlys.

Assistant Account Executive Brandy Jackson describes some o the chal-lenges the team has aced. We want to show that Homeelds is more than

just a arm, she says. By putting inormation on seed packets, she explains,people will be less likely to throw it away. Its something tangible, and theinormation about Homeelds might sit around on someones kitchentable.

I the seeds are a tangible reminder o the Homeelds mission, the groups

new and improved Facebook page is a virtual one. Eager to maximize theorganizations online presence, Laurie Myers has been working on the socialmedia component o the campaign. Social media is an involved process,she says, but a worthy one that reaches so many people!

By the time the project wraps in May, those April showers will havebrought May owers (maybe even sunowers), and Homeelds will have ablossoming PR campaign thanks to Elite Public Relations.

Jeanne Marie Rose

Frm RrHeres an end-o-winter-into-springhearty dinner:

Baked Potatoes!Cheese sauce with choppedbroccoliCrumbled bacon pieces to top it o

Its a cold wet spring as we antici-pate the twelth season here at thearm. Last year or comparison, wewere able to start planting in lateMarch, and in mid-April, the groundwas still like wet cold pudding. Sowe continue to watch or a break inthe wet weather long enough to dry

the soil.Were excited to be able to al-

low (let rest) some o the land thatwe have used or several years,thanks to Homeelds being ableto purchase the land next door lastOctober. Tis avoided the hous-ing development on that land thatseemed inevitable during the pastdecade as multiple developers at-tempted to prevail. We will also beable to do better and longer termcrop rotations to improve the soilhealth, limit erosion, and deterthistle, an aggressive and persistent

weed that is extremely difcult ororganic armers to control.

Im pleased to have an excellentarm sta again this season: thank

you, Elizabeth, Kim and Law Reh.Te trainees returning are an out-

standing group: thank you, Eric,Scott, Glenn, Brad, Shawn,

Earl, Patrick, Brian andMatt. Were also look-ing orward to somenew trainees joining usin the coming weeks.

About 130 trainees haveparticipated as armers in the

program to date, and the share-holder numbers continue to growas well, as we anticipate at least 180shareholders or this season. Tetrainees love being at the arm andseeing the work throughromplanting seeds to the ruition o thecrop. Shareholders continue to tellus that they love coming to the arm,that they eel better eating our ood,and that they support what we aredoing.

Our methods continue to changeas we evolve and renewe re-

placed the spader this winter, addeda chisel plow, which is a conserva-tion tillage tool, and are looking orunding or a larger tractor that willhandle the chisel and transplanterand ree up our over-tasked primarytractor or cultivating. We are honedin on proven great varieties o ruitsand vegetables like Sangria and Or-angeglo watermelons, Carmen sweetpeppers, sweet crunchy carrots likeDragon, and amazingly avored andjuicy Jewel strawberries. We expectan abundant, healthul and deliciousharvest.

We do have shares

available or thisseasongo to www.

yourgoodwill.org/arm to learn moreand to sign up or ashare. Tank you or

your support. Wish-ing you an abundantand joyul warmseason!

Scott BrenemanFarm Manager

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ofpotatoescourtesyofKellyBauer

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Millersville students (l to r): Annie Hill, Shauna Powers, Sarah Signore, Thomas Jones, Ashleen Nice, BrandyJackson, and Laurie Myers.


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Homeields NewsletterISSUE THIRTY-ONE MAY 2011

K T!Were eeling distant lately. Sometimes we have

something to sharegood news, a killer gazpachorecipeand it takes too long to ink up a press andmail a newsletter. But i we had your email address,there might be a morsel o Homefelds goodness inyour inbox every now and again!

Would you take a moment and drop a note to [email protected]? It wont cost a thing and will saveus some money as well.

Thanks!

Full Speed Ahead!

Dont let the sign ool you, Spring cleaning

is moving orward on the new property. See

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