Lancaster County Women for Good

Chasing the Rainbows is bringing awareness around the traumatic events of infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, and pregnancy after loss. They provide daily virtual support groups and individual mentorship to families living this traumatic nightmare while returning to everyday life. They are here to support, advocate and refer these families for services they need during this unimaginable time. Together we can make a difference and give these families the support they need.

As the chairperson for the 11th Lancaster Co. Feed My Starving Children MobilePack, I am nominating this event. During the weekend of March 20-22, 2026, our community came together to pack and provide more than 500,000 life-sustaining meals with the help of more than 1,500 volunteers from the community as young as age 5. These meals will be distributed to those at risk for malnutrition and starvation around the globe. In 2025, our meals went to the Dominican Republic, Malawi and Peru. Though our community isn't the recipient of these meals, we are impacted in a positive way by working together for a greater cause and experiencing emotional fulfillment in a powerful way.

Due to volunteers packing the meals, each meal costs only 29 cents. As we are still in the process of raising funds to cover the cost of the meals our community packed, any contribution would be greatly appreciated and would go to directly help pay for the meals that were packed. Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a national organization that over the last 20 years has consistently received the highest rating of 4 stars through Charity Navigator. Having traveled to Haiti with the organization in the past, I can personally attest that these meals are getting to those who need them most and are literally saving children and adults from starvation.

As local food insecurity remains a challenge for many, at our event we also partnered with the Lancaster Co. Food Hub and were able to collect and donate 401 lbs. of food to be used by local community members.

Donations may be submitted on-line for our event at the following link:

https://give.fmsc.org/campaign/2603-022mi-willow-street-pa-lancaster-county/c679291

or mailed to:

Feed My Starving Children

ATTN: MobilePack #2603-022MI

1000 Kreider Drive, Suite 200

Middletown, PA 17057

Make checks payable to FMSC. Write “MobilePack #2603-022MI” in the memo line.

Thanks so much for your time and consideration!!! Until all are fed.....

Lora Mangus Wenger, Lanc. Co. FMSC MP Chairperson

I'd like to nominate CASA of Lancaster and Lebanon counties for this round of funding. This organization recruits, trains, and provides a qualified, compassionate volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) to every child working through the foster care system in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. Our family has seen firsthand how important CASAs are to ensuring the well-being of both the children who are navigating the court system and this traumatic process. The time and energy they put in, the care and compassion they show, and the support they provide are indispensable!

I would like to nominate Friendship Community. They offer faith-based disability services, including residential services, day programs, and life enrichment opportunities which help to Impact the World with Capabilities. Their team members provide exceptional care consistent with values of Relationships, Integrity, Spirituality, Excellence.

I'm nominating a nonprofit near and dear to my heart. Milagro House.

With education at the heart of its mission, Milagro House provides women and their children with a safe place to live and empowers them with a scaffolding of services to support them as they work to achieve education, gain essential skills and plan for the future.