Some of the most important features of the annual Salem Hellers Evangelical Reformed Church lasagna dinner fundraiser will be the same this year. Organizers will still 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. Individual pans of each variety of lasagna will also be sold at a special price. Changes will include the method of delivery for the food and the date the event will be held.

"It has always been the last Saturday in February, but this year, we have changed the date to the third Saturday in February," said Margaret Sensenig, who organizes the event along with Betty Snyder and Deb Burns. This year's dinner will be a drive-through event held at the church, 2555 Horseshoe Road, Lancaster, on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 3 to 6 p.m. Those wishing to purchase meals or pans of lasagna are asked to take Horseshoe Road to Industrial Circle and enter the church driveway from the right side of Industrial Circle. Cars will then pull into the parking lot, where orders will be taken and cash payment will be accepted. Meals will be delivered to each car at the south entrance of the church, and signage will direct participants out of the parking lot.

Volunteers at the event will follow CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines for wearing masks and social distancing in accordance with COVID-19 restrictions.

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, (the money we raise) will go into our mission fund and be used to support local, national, and international ministries," said Sensenig.

Readers who have questions about the fundraiser may call 717-951-9717 or 717-381-2744.