A Rodgers & Associates Core Value

Rodgers & Associates is thrilled to be the Presenting Sponsor for the Hospice & Community Care’s annual Labor Day Auction. This event is Hospice & Community Care’s single largest fundraising event, which began in 1984 at the Willow Street Fire Company. The Auction has grown substan­tially since then and is held at the Solanco Fairgrounds on Labor Day weekend. The money raised from the Auction provides end-of-life care and support for patients and families. We hope you will join us and make the Auction a part of your Labor Day Weekend tradition!

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Rodgers & Associates is passionate about helping people by focusing on organi­za­tions that provide a path for people to become self-sufficient. Specif­i­cally, those that provide basic needs like food, clothing, shelter and trans­portation. This is also the mission of the Food Hub. Running out of space in 2012, the Food Hub needed to find a new location to better meet the needs of those they served. Rodgers & Associates helped the organi­zation raise $1.2 million to enable a move to their current home on North Queen Street in Lancaster. We continue to annually support the organi­zation financially.

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Meals on Wheels of Lancaster provides nutri­tious, freshly prepared meals at a reasonable cost to those who cannot reasonably provide meals for themselves.  Many of our neighbors gather at Meals on Wheels of Lancaster to pick up freshly prepared, quality, and nutri­tious food for home delivery.  They volunteer in the kitchen, make deliv­eries, and visit with meal recip­ients.  Over 400 volun­teers assist nine staff members to ensure the food security of approx­i­mately 1,000 individuals every year.  Rodgers & Associates is proud to support this organization’s labor of love to our community.

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Thomas Jefferson wrote that the “pursuit of happiness” has to do with an internal journey to know ourselves and an external journey of selfless service to others. The outstanding men & women of SCORE who volunteer hundreds of hours of their time & talent must be the happiest people in our community. This chapter of SCORE has been recog­nized nationally as the Chapter of the Year twice in the past ten years. Rodgers & Associates is proud to be a sponsor in support of their efforts.

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Tenfold combined the services and programs of Tabor Community Services, Inc. and Lancaster Housing Oppor­tunity Partnership (LHOP) in 2020.  Tenfold serves the community by providing people the tools and inspi­ration to meet their housing and financial challenges. In January 2009, we learned their services were overwhelmed by the number of people needing their help to avoid foreclosure. Their backlog was pushed out six months just to get an appointment. We responded by donating our advisers to help with counseling and shrink the backlog. When they lost state funding for their Matched Savings for Tomorrow program in 2010, Rodgers & Associates stepped in to become the lead sponsor for this important program.

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Rick and Jessica first learned of UDS when their church raised money for someone who needed a service dog. Rodgers & Associates became an annual supporter after a tour of their facil­ities revealed that training service dogs was only one of the services they provide. Acces­sible Home Modifi­ca­tions, Customized wheel­chairs, In-Home Personal Care, and Adult Enrichment, are just some of the many ways UDS helps people with disabil­ities, including veterans and the elderly, lead more independent and fulfilling lives.

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The United Way of Lancaster County has been an impactful community leader since their founding in 1925. Their stated mission is to advance the education, economic mobility, and health of our community by mobilizing resources, people, and organi­za­tions. They seek to achieve this noble mission through initia­tives in education, health, economic mobility and capacity building.

One program supporting the education initiative is the Summer Youth Experience. A partnership with the Rotary club of Lancaster, this program provides grants to nonprofits who offer summer learning oppor­tu­nities to youth ages 5–16 in our city. These grants allow qualified nonprofits to offer educa­tional programs that focus on a curriculum in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathe­matics (STEAM).

Another training program, Project Blueprint, helps to diversify and strengthen nonprofit board leadership, offering two tracks: one for nonprofit organi­za­tions and one for individuals.

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