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Hi Hanover Rotarian, the Board approved the service project providing support for parking cars during the Hanover Little Theater’s 2022 Season.  The season began Sept. 9, 2022 and runs through June 18, 2023.  This project has a very limited time commitment that is spread over 9 months.    

We will provide two volunteers as Parking Attendants for each show.  You can reach me with any questions. Shanna Hollich, 717-778-8373.  The theater will be offering the Hanover Club $400.00 ($100.00 for each show) for supporting the theater with this project.

• LIMITED TIME COMMITMENT:  Thurs., Fri., & Sat performances Parking Attendants would be needed from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday shows parkers would be needed 1-2 p.m.
• Safety vests will be provided.  NOTE: All volunteers must be 18 years of age and older as required by the Theater and their insurance carrier.
• BONUS: Any Rotarian Parking Attendant is welcome to stay to see the show at no charge the night they volunteer.  You may have to sit in a folding chair in the back of the theatre if the Theater sells out the show.

Future Show Dates:

Love, Lies & the Lottery (Jim Hesselman): SHOW DATES: March 10-12, 16-19, 2023

Drinking Habits (Tom Smith): SHOW DATES: June 9-11, 15-18, 2023

Previous Show Dates:

Harvey (Mary Chase): SHOW DATES: September 9-11, 15-18, 2022

Godspell the Musical (John-Michael Tebelak): SHOW DATES: November 11-13, 17-20, 2022

A theater board member will be at each show as a point of contact.  Contact info is provided in the email invite to serve.

Thank you for the consideration to support our local Theater and in turn the financial goals of the Hanover Club.

On December 19, 2022 the Borough of Hanover welcomed Margie Lewis as Borough Manager. Lewis, a native of Lakewood, Ohio, however, raised in York County, has spent her career in government service, locally with York County Parks and Manheim Township, Lancaster County and regionally as a civilian with the Army Corps of Engineers.  She most recently served as Executive Director of Recreation, District #1 in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana where her role included oversight of district-owned water, sewer, and roadway systems, as well as personnel and facility management and recreation programming.

Lewis earned her Bachelor of Science degree from York College and her Master of Science degree from Clemson University. In addition to municipal leadership, Lewis recently served as President of the Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society (2020–2022), as well as committee roles in the National Recreation and Park Association. In her role as Borough Manager, Lewis will oversee the administration of all municipal departments of the Borough of Hanover except for the police department and will provide a central point of accountability for the administration of Borough government while serving as a central point of contact to help Hanover citizens participate in local government.

Jim French began his law enforcement career in February of 1993 with the West Fairview Borough Police department and the Mid Cumberland Valley Regional Police Department in Shippensburg, Pa. He later served as a Cumberland County Detective, and a member of the Drug Strike Taskforce, and later with the Baltimore County Police Department.

After his retirement in 2018, French worked for the Carroll Township Police Department in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania.

In 2022, French joined the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department with the enforcement of impaired drivers as well as conducting impaired driver training to the SCCRPD and surrounding jurisdictions. French is currently a full-time member of the Pennsylvania DUI Association, as the Region 1 DUI Program Administrator. His spare time is spent with his family.  His hobbies include leatherwork, riding horses, and participating in Revolutionary War Reenactments.

Katie Karnas has been a physical therapist for 8 years. She joined the Phoenix Physical Therapy team in 2018 as clinic director and lead physical therapist for Phoenix’s outpatient physical therapy facility in Harrisburg, PA. She was an integral part of the overall development and growth of that facility. She now has taken on the same role in the Hanover clinic, where she continues to facilitate development and growth of Phoenix Physical Therapy in order to help bring quality physical therapy care to the region. She has completed extensive post-graduate training and has recently become a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy and takes a very hands-on & functional approach with her patients. She resides in Hanover with her fiancé, Ben, and their cat, Toby.

Hi Hanover Rotarian, the Board approved the service project providing support for parking cars during the Hanover Little Theater’s 2022-23 Season.  The season ends next month - June. We will provide two volunteers as Parking Attendants for each show. 

You can reach me with any questions – Dale Brubaker @ 717-448-6562.  The theater will be offering the Hanover Club ($100.00 for each show) for supporting their show's needs.

• LIMITED TIME COMMITMENT:  Thurs., Fri., & Sat performances Parking Attendants would be needed from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday shows attendants would be needed 1-2 p.m.
• Safety vests will be provided.  NOTE: All volunteers must be 18 years of age and older as required by the Theater and their insurance carrier.  Non-members are welcome to assist too.
• BONUS: Any Rotarian Parking Attendant is welcome to stay to see the show at no charge the night they volunteer.  You may have to sit in a folding chair in the back of the theatre if the Theater sells out the show.

Picnic will be held in the patio area of The Public House.  In the event of inclement weather, picnic will be held indoors.

The quarterly Happy Hour will be at the Public House at The Markets from 4:30-6pm.
Please join our members for good conversation, micro-brews, and find out about the Four-Way-Test!

Jim Poster

Jim has more than 33 years of non-profit development experience, including time at Bell Socialization Services, the American Cancer Society, UCP of South Central PA, and Olivia's House. He's been with The Arc of York County, first as its Director of Development and now as its Associate Executive Director, since 2004.  Over his career, he has been responsible for raising millions of dollars and is proud to be part of The Arc of York County family.

Josh Leik

Josh Leik has been the executive director at The Arc of York County since 2017.  Josh has worked previously in The Arc’s supported employment program as an employment training specialist and eventually as the program coordinator before becoming Director of Operations in 2015.  His association with The Arc of York County began in 1984 when he worked at a camp counselor at The Arc’s summer camp program, Camp Pennwood.

While the gates open for the drive-in movie @ 7:30 PM for this Shining Stars Fundraiser, 6 Rotary volunteers would be helpful to assist with food and beverage serving from 6:30 to 9 PM on Sat, June 24th.

Location: 827 Hanover St., New Oxford, PA   

Meagan Given is the Executive Director of the White Rose Leadership Institute which has created and facilitated the Give Local York one day giving event in York County for 6 straight years.  Kate Harman is the Give Day Coordinator for the event.  Every year this 24 hour Giving Day held the 1st Thursday and Friday in May raises millions of dollars to benefit hundreds of nonprofits in the York Community.  

Brian Grimm is the President of United Way of York County. Brian has demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry. He is skilled in Strategic Planning, Leadership, Fundraising, Team Building, Management, Facilities Management and Safety and Security. Brian graduated from Kutztown University with a Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice/Police Science and a Master of Science, Information Science from Clarion University. He is also a graduate of Leadership York’s Leadership Training Program, Mentorship York Program and Non-Profit Leadership Academy. Brian is a member of The Rotary Club of York and The Lion’s Club International. He volunteers his time with the Farm and Lands Trust of York County, the United Way of York County and various youth sports.  

Larry Pickett is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at PeoplesBank since 2018.  Prior to that, Larry was in the same position at Bay Bancorp in Maryland.  He spent the bulk of his career at Susquehanna Bank as a regional CFO and later in charge of profitability and planning.  Larry is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Jen May has been the director of OLLI at Penn State York for five years. Prior to her work at Penn State, she was the director of a nonprofit in Reading, Pennsylvania and served as a consultant for various national, state, and local organizations. Jen has her doctorate in educational leadership from The University of Pennsylvania.

Ryan Hastings is a Principal at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Frostburg State University, with minors in Business Administration and Economics.

With over two decades of public accounting experience, clients look to Ryan to provide insight and assist them with all aspects of their tax and advisory needs, including tax planning and preparation, management advisory consulting and review of business plans and financial projections.

Ryan is an essential member of the BSSF Family-Owned and Closely Held Business Practice. Since becoming a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) in 2004, Ryan has conducted numerous valuations of closely-held businesses across many different industries. Additionally, as a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), Ryan helps his family-owned and closely held business clients with transition strategies, succession and exit planning, business valuations, strategic planning and more.