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Don’t spend too much time deciding if you want to come to our spaghetti dinner…
because if you do, you might be accused of pro-pasta-nating.

When you do come to our Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser be sure to get some Parmesan cheese on it. After all, it’s for the grater good! (See what I did there with the cheese grater joke. My therapist says I have a problem.)

So Lost and Found Pharmacy is holding a spaghetti dinner at Faith Community Church (located at 501 Jefferson Rd) on Saturday, November 14th from 2 PM to 6 PM. You can eat in, or carry out. The meal will consist of Spaghetti with either a marinara or alfredo sauce, a meatball, garlic knots, side salad, and either a cookie or a piece of cake. Those that eat in will also find that we have coffee, lemonade, and water. The whole meal is only $15.

Along with the meals, there will also be some raffle baskets potentially containing such rare treasures as the circa 1997 fruit cake that my father and cousin used to take turns re-gifting to each other every Christmas, a one-year supply of dental floss, and my personal favorite – a coupon for one free awkward conversation with me. The actual gift baskets will be MUCH cooler than advertised and will be drawn at the end of the event. You do not need to be present to win the baskets.

We are also working on a cookbook to sell for the holidays in both print and digital formats. Want some of our soup recipes? How about the rumored human grade dog food that we make for our dog? There will be lots of delicious options. There is a desert recipe I came across from the President of France involving coconut and pasta. It’s called Macron’s macaroon macaroni macaron (which may or may not cause diplomatic incidents).

I should talk about some of the other things we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Board Game Nights:** **Every Friday starting around 6:30 PM.** Come test your friendships over Wing Span, Seven Wonders, Dead of Winter, or whatever other games are brought each week!   
• Bible Studies:** **Every Tuesday and Saturday at 7:00 PM.** (Especially recommended on Saturdays to ask for forgiveness for whatever happened during Friday night’s board games.)   
• Tech Group:** **Every Saturday at 1:00 PM.** Bring your broken gadgets! Our tech wizards love fixing various pieces of electronics—and we promise our strategy goes at least one step beyond *”Have you tried turning it off and back on again?”*   
• Book Club:** **Thursday, November 5th at 5:15 PM.** We’ll be discussing *Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances*. Come for the galactic strategy; stay for the debate over whether reading the book counts if you just make lightsaber noises the whole time.   
• LEGO Competition:** **Saturday, November 7th at 11:00 AM.** Come show off your master-builder skills! *(Shoes are strictly required for all spectators—we take foot safety very seriously.)* 

Speaking of Bible Study and pasta dinners, it reminds me of a deep theological question, what do you call it when Jesus throws his Pasta at the door? 
Gnocchi on Heaven’s Door. (I’m not even Catholic and someone is going to ask me to do penance for that one.)

Almost 2 weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak over at Hebron Presbyterian Church to give a quick mission update. Below is a time stamp to start the video where they asked me to come up and talk. I share a unique translation of some Bible verses and talk a little about what’s going on with our soda fountain. It is noteworthy that no one threw any produce at me.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

We are putting the **”Fun”** in **Fundraisers** over the next few weeks! *(And yes, we are also putting the “Fund” in there, because our treasurer insists we can’t pay bills with good vibes alone.)* The big one coming up quickly are two tickets to one of football’s greatest rivalries. We will be selling raffle tickets for one person to win both tickets. The drawing will be on Friday October 23rd. Raffle tickets are priced as follows:

1 ticket for $1
7 tickets for $5
16 tickets for $10
40 tickets for $20

We also want to mention that we are finishing a cookie dough fundraiser with cookie dough from the Apple Cookie & Chocolate Company.

Anyone looking to order cookie dough must do so by October 19th, and the cookie dough will be delivered November 2nd. *(Note: The surgeon general probably advises baking the dough before eating it, though what you do with a spoon in the glow of your refrigerator light at midnight is strictly between you and your conscience.)*

We also have a Spaghetti Dinner coming up at Faith Community Church on November 15th (more details coming soon), and we’ll be putting out a cookbook in time for the holidays. Soon you’ll have all our best secret recipes, minus the smoke detector going off in the background.

Now for some fun things. 

• Board Game Nights:** **Every Friday starting around 6:30 PM.** Come test your friendships over Wing Span, Seven Wonders, Dead of Winter, or whatever other games are brought each week!
• Bible Studies:** **Every Tuesday and Saturday at 7:00 PM.** (Especially recommended on Saturdays to ask for forgiveness for whatever happened during Friday night’s board games.)
• Tech Group:** **Every Saturday at 1:00 PM.** Bring your broken gadgets! Our tech wizards love fixing various pieces of electronics—and we promise our strategy goes at least one step beyond *”Have you tried turning it off and back on again?”*
• Book Club:** **Thursday, November 5th at 5:15 PM.** We’ll be discussing *Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances*. Come for the galactic strategy; stay for the debate over whether reading the book counts if you just make lightsaber noises the whole time.
• LEGO Competition:** **Saturday, November 7th at 11:00 AM.** Come show off your master-builder skills! *(Shoes are strictly required for all spectators—we take foot safety very seriously.)*

Lastly, if you’ve been waiting for a golden opportunity to throw overripe produce at me, your prayers have been answered! I will be at **Hebron this Saturday at both services**. *(Please stick to soft tomatoes—no pumpkins or canned goods!)*

I had my patience tested today
It came back negative

Hello Lost and Found Family,

With everything going on, my lovely bride suggested that I use Patience/Patients as the theme for this newsletter. Naturally, that reminds me of a joke.

Q: What do you call a cannibal that only eats coma patients?
A: A vegetarian. (I may have stolen that joke from Reddit)

Of course I have always struggled with patience, so Shannon took the time to register me for a seminar on patience. I can’t wait!

While our pharmacy counter has been incredibly busy as we continue to grow (many new patients), building out our soda fountain counter and getting everything approved has taken a lot longer than we expected. We are down to the last few things that need done to push us across the finish line, so we ask for just a little more patience. We would love help with a couple of things. We need a nitrogen tank that we could borrow to clean out some coolant lines (we would happily return it with a full nitrogen charge when I’m done). We also need someone familiar with how to wire some of the electrical things for an Ansul system. If anyone could help us with either, it would be appreciated.

On the Pharmacy side we have some new clinic options to help those that don’t want to make a trip to an urgent care. We can help with pink eye, UTIs, tic bites, ED meds, and more! Just check out our Pharmacy Services page and skip the wait at an urgent care.

Upcoming Community Events & Weekly Gatherings

Mark your calendars! We have plenty of opportunities to connect, learn, play, and fellowship together:

🎲 Friday Board Game Nights
Every Friday at 6:30 PM
Bring your favorite game or try one of ours! All ages and experience levels are welcome for an evening of friendly competition and laughs.

💻 Tech Help Group
Every Saturday at 1:00 PM
Struggling with a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or software? Bring your devices and questions—our volunteers are here to help you troubleshoot!

📖 Saturday Night Bible Study & Dinner
Every Saturday at 7:00 PM
Join us for good food and great discussion. Every week features a brand-new standalone topic, and we always share a delicious meal together!

📜 NEW: Minor Prophets Bible Study Series
Starting This Coming Tuesday at 7:00 PM (Weekly)
Dive into the rich history, warnings, and promises of the Minor Prophets in our Tuesday evening study. Meets weekly at 7:00 PM.

Save the Date: Special Upcoming Events! 📅

🧱 Kids’ LEGO Building Contest
Saturday, September 5th at 11:00 AM
Calling all young master builders from Preschool through 6th Grade! Come show off your creativity and build something amazing. Prizes and fun for all participants!

🍔 Labor Day Community Cookout
Labor Day from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Celebrate the holiday with us! We’ll have burgers, hot dogs, and great fellowship for the whole family.

🎟️ Annual Fundraiser: Basket Raffle Coming Soon!

Our Annual Basket Raffle Fundraiser is officially tied to the triumphant return of the soda fountain!

Start Date: The very day our soda fountain serves its first ice-cold drink.
Duration: It will run for **two full weeks** from opening day.
Prizes: We have an amazing assortment of themed gift baskets packed with local goodies, games, treats, and surprises!

We appreciate your ongoing prayers, encouragement, and support as we get our new home fully settled.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

On the 16th of August from 9 AM – 2 PM we are going to have our Sixth Annual Craft Show, which kicks off our big end of Summer Raffle Basket fundraiser, and before either of those we also have an event this Thursday at Texas Roadhouse.

Shannon and I recently had a conversation about how we like our steak.

Shannon: I know that I like to have my steak cooked medium well, but how do you like your steak?
Sean: Guess.
Shannon: Medium rare?
Sean: Well done!
Shannon: Ummm…

So when we go to Texas Roadhouse this Thursday after work we can safely order each others food.

I remember the last time I was there I had a waiter ask me, ‘How did you find your steak?’

I simply replied, “I just looked next to my potatoes, and there it was!”

When you stop at Texas Roadhouse this Thursday between 3 PM and 10 PM, be sure to either bring a copy of the flyer with you or show them the picture of the flyer on your phone. Shannon and I will be stopping in after work ourselves that evening.

This Saturday is our Sixth Annual Craft Show, and if you want you can still grab a table in exchange for a $25 donation. Of course, organizing this craft show reminds me of the time I had the really unusual opportunity to organize Dwayne Johnson’s craft room. Unfortunately, I lost his scrapbook cutting tool. That’s right, I lost the Rock’s paper scissors. Hopefully I will still be able to find my scissors when this craft show is done.

At our craft show we’ll be grilling wonderful food, and kicking off our raffle basket. I’ve always enjoyed raffles ever since my Dad won a raffle when I was a kid. He won a baguette. Yep, my Dad was the bread winner.

There are going to be a lot of great raffles, including one with tickets for the Steelers vs Dolphins game.

The tickets will be priced as follow:

1 ticket for $1
7 tickets for $5
16 tickets for $10
40 tickets for $20

The raffles will be drawn on Labor Day, Monday, September 1st at 4 PM.

I should talk about some of the other things we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Thursday, August 14th, 3PM – 10PM, Texas Roadhouse, Texas Roadhouse in the Monroeville/Wilkins location will be host a fundraiser for Lost and Found.
• Friday, August 15th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games.
• Saturday, August 16th, 9AM – 2PM, Sixth Annual Craft Show ~ This year’s craft show will have lots of activities, grilled foods, and raffle baskets! Be sure to stop in and check things out.
• Saturday, August 16th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, August 16th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing whether or not the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed are still pertinent.
• Tuesday, August 19th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Malachi and this week we will be studying Chapter 2.
• Wednesday, August 20th, 5PM – 7PM, Bill and Ted: Face the Music ~ Ever since this film this film was released during the pandemic Art and I have been trying to convince Shannon that we should show this film on a movie night. In fact, Art and I can often be heard shouting, ‘We are Wild Stallions’ followed by us making fake guitar noises. Somewhere along the way we finally broke Shannon.
• Thursday, September 4th, 5:15 PM, Book Club ~ The first Thursday of every month our book club gets together and discusses a different book. This time we’ll be discussing All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr.
• Saturday, September 6th, 11AM – Noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a dinosaur themed LEGO competition for kids ranging in age from pre-K through 6th grade. There is no entry fee and we have some really cool prizes fro various age categories.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the actual food! Our soup is our very popular white chicken chili and our sandwich is a pizza panini! Our specialty ice creams are Black Cherry and Caramel Cookie Twist and soon will be releasing a cookie butter milkshake using cookie butter we made ourselves.

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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Sometimes things conspire to let us know when it’s time to move, which is well demonstrated by a conversation Shannon and I had the other day.

Shannon calmly stated, “If I could rearrange the alphabet I’d move U…Cause you’re blocking the TV.”

Always talking about moving has me pretty excited and I keep thinking about this song from the movie, Madgascar:

In the case of Lost and Found we’ve been renting in our current location for nearly ten years and we have seen the challenges of renting. We are looking for more space and the opportunity to put down permanent roots. We’ve saved the community millions of dollars and we believe that a place of our own will put us in a better position long term to help even more. That said, we want to invite you to participate in a number of up coming activities to help us raise the funds we need to move.

This Saturday, weather permitting, we’re having another Car Cruise with lot’s of good food and a fifty-fifty raffle.

Thursday, August 14th from 3 PM to 10 PM, Texas Road House is donating 10% of it’s sales to Lost and Found Pharmacy.

Saturday, August 16th from 9 AM to 2 PM is our Sixth Annual Craft Show and kicks off our raffle basket fundraiser. Be sure to stop in and register for a table if you’re interested in participating in the craft show. 

If you are interested in donating a basket to our Basket Raffle, please do so by the 16th of August. The raffle will begin selling tickets on August 17th and the drawing will be held on Labor Day, September 2nd at 4PM.

The tickets will be priced as follow:

1 ticket for $1
7 tickets for $5
16 tickets for $10
40 tickets for $20

All these fundraisers remind me of the time my personal account got hacked. The person that hacked me was so disappointed when he saw my balance that he started a fundraiser for me.

Stay tuned for other fundraiser activities, and jokes, coming up.

We’ve also got a lot of other things coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, July 25th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
• Saturday, July 26th, Noon – 3PM, Car Cruise ~ Lost and Found Pharmacy will be having it’s third car cruise of the Summer along with trophies and food out on the grill.
• Saturday, July 26th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ A handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. We can even talk about the latest tech rumors, like that Netflix and Yahoo might be merging and moving to Israel. Apparently they’ll be known as Net ‘n’ Yahoo.
• Saturday, July 26th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘repentance’.
• Tuesday, July 29th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ The end is nigh! We are studying Revelation, and are currently in chapter 21. Feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
• Saturday, August 2nd, 11ish AM – ??, Crafty Crew ~ Our Crafty Crew is back working on lots of fun projects while spinning yarns. I’m sure they’ll have everyone in stitches. They will be here every other Saturday.
• Thursday, August 7th, 5:15 PM, Book Club ~ Our intrepid book club is reading a fantastic fiction from Andy Weir titled Project Hail Mary. I know I love this book and I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I do.
• Saturday, August 16th, 9AM – 2PM, Craft Show ~ We’ll be hosting our Sixth Annual Craft Show and kicking off our basket raffle.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our specialty sandwich is a pizza panini, and our current soup is the Soup-er popular chicken tortilla soup. Our current specialty ice creams are Graham Central Station and Orange Blossom. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is a S’More Milkshake with marshmallows, graham crackers, milk chocolate, chocolate chips, Nutella, whipped cream and more!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

Clearly our dog, Xanax, is ready for the Parade this Saturday starting at 2PM. The parade will be held outside and Judges will be giving out awards. There is no entry fee, so dress up your pet and bring it out. Only service animals will be allowed in the store.

Speaking of dogs, I spotted an albino dalmatian the other day. I figured it was the least I could do.

Speaking of patriotic themed items, we are showing the new Captain America movie this coming Wednesday at 5 PM on our movie screen.

That reminds me of a recent trip Shannon and I took to the movie theater. We sat down and noticed that the man in front of us brought his dog and it was sitting on the seat next to him. Shannon and I thought it was unusual, but since we likes dogs we decided that as long as the dog was not a distraction we wouldn’t mention it.

The movie starts and pretty soon there’s a funny part. The dog makes some low woofing sounds that seem like laughter. After awhile there was a sad part and the dog appeared to be weeping. This continues throughout the whole film and Shannon and I are astounded.

When the lights come up I tap the dog’s owner on the shoulder and tell him, “I gotta say, and I know it sounds weird, but it seemed like your dog really enjoyed this movie.”

The dog’s owner looks at the dog and nods. “I know, it really is weird,” he says, “because he absolutely hated the book.”

We also have another car cruise coming up on Saturday June 21st. We’ll have classic cars, food out on the grill and an all around great time. This had me thinking about creating a quick crossword puzzle about cars. Shannon did shoot down my idea as the first question that I wanted to include, ‘What starts with G-A-S and is ten letters long?’. The answer would have been, ‘AUTOMOBILE’!

We also will have a cook out at Lost and Found for the 4th of July followed by a beach themed LEGO contest on the 5th.

Kid’s really love our LEGO competitions. They’re always lined up for blocks.

I should probably tell you about what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, June 13th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
• Saturday, June 14th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ A handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, June 14th, 2PM – 4PM, Patriotic Pet Parade ~ Join us for a patriotic pet parade. A panel of judges will be giving out awards.
• Saturday, June 14th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘What is the doctrine of imputation?’.
• Tuesday, June 17th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. We are currently in chapter 17. Feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
• Wednesday, June 18th, 5PM – 7PM, Captain America: Brave New World ~ Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan.
• Saturday, June 21st, 11ish AM – ??, Crafty Crew ~ Our Crafty Crew is back working on lots of fun projects while spinning yarns. I’m sure they’ll have everyone in stitches. They wil be here every other Saturday.
• Saturday, June 21st, 12PM – 3PM, Car Cruise ~ Lost and Found Pharmacy will be having it’s second car cruise of the Summer along with trophies and food out on the grill.
• Friday, July 4th, 11AM – 5PM, Fourth of July Grilling ~ Hot dogs, kielbasa, and our nearly famous burgers will be made to order on our grills.
• Saturday, July 5th, 11AM – noon, Beach themed LEGO Competition ~ Join us for our latest LEGO Competition for kids in K-5th.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current specialty ice creams are Coconut Chocolate Almond and Key Lime Pie. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is a S’More Milkshake with marshmallows, graham crackers, milk chocolate, chocolate chips, Nutella, whipped cream and more!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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The other day Shannon and I were having a conversation about knots that went as follows:

Me: Could you do me a favor and tie a knot?
Shannon: I cannot.
Me: So you can knot?
Shannon: I cannot knot.
Me: Not knot?
Shannon: Who’s there.

Me just shaking my head and walking away.

So Mother’s Day is fast approaching. I remember the time I got my mother some new beads for her abacus. After all, it’s the little things that count. Of course, I always liked to remind my Mom that Mother’s Day always seemed to fall on son-day.

If you’re looking for something other than abacus beads for this Mother’s Day, I would like to introduce you to the cool activity we have going on this Saturday from 11AM-12:30PM. Our resident artist, Beverly Montrose, will be helping people to paint clear glass milkshake/ice cream soda mugs. These mugs can even get the recipient a discount on a milkshake or other ice cream treat!

We are having a car cruise over at Lost and Found on the 17th. Additional parking will be across the street at St James Episcopal Church. Most of what I know about cool old cars comes from old magazines like Popular Science Monthly. I did find an old article from 1924.

According to it’s author, Eddie Rickenbacker, we were supposed to have flying cars within two decades of when that article was written. Considering that Eddie was a World War I flying ace and a race car driver, I really thought he might actually be in the know. Then, while I was doing some research, I found this old lithograph from the 1930’s.

I always thought it was strange that Back to the Future used a fairly unreliable car, like a Delorean, I came across a really interesting statistic. Apparently 95% of every Delorean ever manufactured is still on the road. The other 5% made it home.

While I am not expecting to see a flying, time-traveling Delorean at the car show there will be lots of other cool cars there along with music, grilled food, and a mini art auction. All from noon to 5 on the seventeenth.

I should probably tell you about what else we have coming up in the not too distant future:

• Friday, May 9th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
• Saturday, May 10th, 11AM – 12:30PM, Paint a Mug ~ Beverly will be available to help people paint some cool glass mugs. Proceeds will go to the Lost and Found on the Move Fund as we are looking to purchase a permanent location in Penn Hills.
• Saturday, May 10th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, May 10th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘What does proper hermeneutics mean?’.
• Tuesday, May 13th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. We are currently in chapter 14. Feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
• Saturday, May 17th, 12PM – 5PM, Car Cruise ~ Lost and Found Pharmacy will be having it’s first ever car cruise.
• Wednesday, May 21st, 5PM – 7PM, A Man Called Otto ~ A great film starring Tom Hanks filmed in Pittsburgh and based on the award winning Novel, A Man Called Ove.
• Monday, May 26th, 11AM – 5PM, Memorial Day Grilling ~ The first big grilling holiday of the year. Come early and watch the parade come right past our store. Hot dogs, kielbasa, and our nearly famous burgers will be made to order on our grills.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current soup is a hash brown potato soup (but will soon be changing to a pierogi soup), our current sandwich is our very popular reuben, and our specialty ice creams are currently Coffeehouse Cookies n Cream and White House Cherry. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is our Strawberry Shortcake Milkshake with with a strawberry shake with pieces of shortcake blended in, rimmed with a cream cheese icing and red sanding sugar, topped with a shortcake, whipped cream, and a fresh strawberry!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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I visited the barbershop today, and here’s how the conversation with my hairdresser unfolded.

I started by saying, “I’d like my hair cut like Tom Cruise.”

She boosted me up onto a cushion and asked, “Now, what would you like me to do with your hair?”

“Just make me look good,” I jested.

The hairdresser shuffled awkwardly, and after a reeeaaallly l-o-n-g pause, she replied, “Umm… I’ll do my best.”

As she started working I decided to break the silence by inquiring, “So, how did you get into hairdressing?”

She smiled and responded, “I went to school for cosmology.”

Excited by this unexpected turn of events, I asked, “Do you think that cosmic background radiation is the best proof of the big bang?”

She paused, blinking a few times before replying, “I don’t think big bangs would suit you.”

That’s when I caught sight of a diploma from the School of Cosmetology hanging on the wall. I decided to stay quiet for the rest of my haircut.

Once she was finished, she handed me a mirror and asked, “What do you think?”

Examining my new do, I smiled and said, “It’s a bit short, but it’ll grow on me.”

All that said, just to lead in on all the BAD haircuts pharmacies have been taking. Last year eight pharmacies closed every day and this year CVS already announced another 270 stores being closed, and Walgreens announced that they’re closing 500 stores this year. All pharmacies are regularly asked to fill prescriptions that they lose money on. We are often paid less than what a brand name drug costs to fill.

Despite all of this, or maybe because of all this, God has protected us and helped us to grow even while Lost and Found Pharmacy has given enough assistance that we have saved the community over a million dollars since we’ve started. All this growth means that we are at a point where we need to move into a bigger space when our lease is up in November. We happily run on narrow margins but now we need to do some fundraising to help us invest in a permanent space as we look to buy a new location.

We have a number of fundraising activities that we’ll be doing. The first is our ‘Let your ¢ent$ make $en$e’ campaign, where we are asking people to bring in their loose change and throw it in our classic empty cheese ball container. Soon, we will be posting a calendar of events which will include, but is not limited to, dancing, a car show, an art auction, a concert, and more!

I should probably mention some of the other activities we have coming up in the not too distant future.

• Friday, April 4th, 6:30ish – 9ish, Board Game Night ~ This has long been a tradition to come in on a Friday and have fun playing games. Join us every Friday and learn a large range of games.
• Saturday, April 5th, 1PM – 3PM, Tech Help ~ We are a handful of tech heads that like technology and would like to help you with your stuff. We can help with cell phone, tablet, and computer problems/questions. We can talk with you about the latest tech like streaming TV, home security, cyber security, etc. This is all done for free, you just need to come in and ask for help.
• Saturday, April 5th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bereans Group ~ This group, which is open to the public, we always discuss tough theological questions and rarely come to consensus. This time we are discussing ‘Is it okay for Christians to be friends with nonChristians?’.
• Tuesday, April 8th, 7PM – 8:30PM, Bible Study ~ We are studying Revelation. Six months in, we’ve made it to chapter 11, feel free to join our group to be a part of this study.
• Wednesday, April 16th, 5PM – 7:30PM, The Hiding Place ~ Based on an autobiographical story by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family’s experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. Through this trial, her faith becomes deeper than the deepest pit.Based on an autobiographical story by Corrie ten Boom that recounts her and her family’s experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp. Through this trial, her faith becomes deeper than the deepest pit.

• Thursday, May 1st, 5:15PM, Book Club ~ The first Thursday of every month our book club gathers to discuss whatever book they’ve recently chosen.
• Saturday, May 3rd, All Day, Anniversary ~ Lost and Found will have opened nine years ago on this date. We’ll be celebrating with food and activities throughout the day. This will be our first official cookout of the new year. Enjoy hot dogs, kielbasa, and our nearly famous hamburgers!
• Saturday, May 3rd, 11AM – 12noon, LEGO Contest ~ We will be having a great time creating various LEGO structures.

Now for the part everyone always asks about, the food! Our current soup is a robust tomato basil soup, our current sandwich is a tuna melt, and our specialty ice creams are currently Strawberry Cheese Cake and Peanut Butter Cup. Also, while it lasts, our current stuffed shake is our new Easter shake with with sugar cookies made on site, sprinkles, vanilla icing, a peep and more!

Thanks and God bless,
Sean

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