Meet the newest member of LCCM’s team
Please help us welcome our newest team member, Maria Fischer. Maria is assuming the role of nutrition program manager. In her role, Maria will work to enhance the quality of food, the types of food being distributed, and will work to bring best practices into play with our food distribution.Maria was most recently a food […]
Meet Shane, one of 130 guests on average who eat at LCCM’s daily free noon meal
On a cold December day, men, women and a few toddlers filtered into the dining room at Lebanon County Christian Ministries, pausing momentarily as a volunteer from Cornwall United Methodist Church said a prayer. Among those in the crowd that day was Shane, a regular in the winter months, who grabbed a tray and was […]
Meet Louise Bixler, a long-time volunteer at Lebanon County Christian Ministries
Louise Bixler has been in the public service sector for most of her life. She was working as a GED teacher when she retired, but still wanted to be involved within the Lebanon community, so she started volunteering for Lebanon County Christian Ministries. That was 17 years ago. Louise first learned about LCCM when she […]
Meet LCCM food bank volunteers Joe Furlong and Mona Wolfe
Joe Furlong PHOTO: Katie Dudding, Lebanon Valley College There’s not a week that goes by that Joe Furlong and Mona Wolfe aren’t clocking hours in at the food bank at Lebanon County Christian Ministries. The couple, in their mid-70’s, have been volunteering at the food bank for over eight years. Their main responsibility is to […]
Meet Heather, LCCM’s noon meal coordinator
Heather Kumler came aboard at Lebanon County Christian Ministries in September 2019, after years of volunteering. Being involved with Lebanon County Christian Ministries for 20 years, Noon Meal Coordinator Heather Kumler has found her calling. Kumler’s family began its involvement with LCCM because of her mother-in-law, Wenda DiNatale, being on staff at LCCM. As a mother […]
Couple facing health issues, job loss seek food assistance at LCCM for the first time
Photo by Jeremy Long Allan and Marcy Shindel visited Lebanon County Christian Ministries for the first time recently. The couple have been struggling financially due to health issues since moving back home to Lebanon County from Florida two years ago. In the fall, Marcy and Allan both ended up in the hospital for serious health […]
‘Maria’ prayed for a ‘fresh start.’ She found it through LCCM.
In April, ‘Maria’ arrived at FRESH Start Emergency Shelter & Resource Center crying in pain because she felt hopeless. By July, she is leaving the shelter crying tears of joy because God had answered her prayers for a home. “You have to have that faith,” she said. ‘You have to humble yourself and stop being […]
Noon meal rolls out innovative menu plan prioritizing from-scratch cooking, nutritional analysis
Derrick and Krystl came to the free noon meal for the first time on a beautiful March day and sat down to eat baked chicken, wild grain rice and carrots. The couple moved to Lebanon so Derrick, a veteran, could be closer to the Lebanon VA Medical Center. “It’s very helpful,” Krystl said of the […]
Lebanon man resets life at FRESH Start after years of struggling with homelessness
For one week before Anthony arrived at FRESH Start Emergency Shelter & Resource Center, he was homeless and sleeping under a bridge. “To be honest, I was used to it,” he said during an interview in June. For nearly a decade, Anthony lived doubled up with relatives, couch surfed at friend’s homes, or found himself […]
Lebanon County households financially affected by COVID-19 seeking food assistance at LCCM
When “Jessica” had to take some time off from work recently, she relied on Lebanon County Christian Ministries for emergency food assistance. She was experiencing symptoms of asthma but had to use Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) time as a precautionary measure at a time when COVID-19 cases are growing in the Lebanon County region. […]