Church Fundraiser Will Move To Takeout Format

For about a decade, members of Salem Hellers Evangelical Reformed Church have held a lasagna dinner in February. Two years ago, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event became a drive-through. For 2023, the dinner will transition to a takeout-only meal.

This year, the fundraiser will be held at the church, 2555 Horseshoe Road, Lancaster, on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 3 p.m. until the food is sold out. Those wishing to purchase lasagna are asked to come in the main entrance to the parking lot and park. Enter the building through the door closest to the parking lot. Parking lot attendants will direct traffic outside the church. Inside, lasagna meals will be ordered in one room and picked up in a second room across the hall. Payment by cash or check will be accepted.

As in the past, organizers will prepare up to 100 pans of lasagna in three varieties - hamburger, hamburger and sausage, and vegetable with a red sauce - on the day of the sale. Meals will each include a square of lasagna, a salad, garlic bread, and a homemade dessert. Dinners will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, but pans in each variety large enough to serve six must be preordered by Sunday, Feb. 12. Those wishing to order pans of lasagna may call 717-951-9717.

Past dinners have raised about $2,000 in funds, which have been used to support mission trips to Guatemala or JAARS in Waxhaw, N.C. "This year, everything will go into our mission fund and be used to support local organizations," said Deb Burns, one of the organizers of the dinner.