Friday, November 14, 2014 Re: Communication from the Lengel Family of Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, members of Virginville Grange #1832, Virginville, Berks County, Pennsylvania Dear Fellow Grangers, Our youngest daughter, Michelle, has been recently diagnosed with Stage Four Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes. She is being treated at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, where she is receiving chemotherapy treatments to combat the disease. Michelle, seventeen and a senior at Pine Grove High School, comes from a family of Grangers. Her greatgrandparents, Stanley O. and Mabel H. (Hein) Miller, were charter members in 1920 of Virginville Grange #1832, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Paul J. and Dorothy M. (Miller) Miller, Michelle’s grandparents, are very active members at Virginville and have belonged to the organization for more than fifty years. They were honored as the 2008 Pennsylvania State Grange Family of the Year. Michelle’s parents, Donald D. and Brenda E. (Miller) Lengel, are involved in numerous activities at Virginville, and Michelle and her siblings, twins Meredith A. and Ian P., have grown up in the Grange. All three were active in Virginville Junior Grange #436 and, with their entire family, are lifetime members of Virginville Grange #1832. Michelle received the Sixth Degree at Pennsylvania State Grange Session this past October in Reading, Pennsylvania. Please feel free to add her name to your church prayer list and keep her in your thoughts and prayers over the next few months. As a family we are moving forward with the precepts of the Grange in our hearts: Faith - that God will heal her body, Hope - that she will achieve every goal she has set for herself in life, Charity - that we continue to feel the love and concern everyone has expressed to our entire family, and Fidelity - that we strive to be faithful to the task ahead. The purpose of this communication is to inform our Grange family, so they may offer encouragement for Michelle during this difficult time. We are not requesting any financial assistance. If you wish to do so, we ask that you consider a donation in honor of Michelle to Four Diamonds. Four Diamonds’ mission is to conquer childhood cancer by assisting children treated at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital and their families through superior care, comprehensive support, and innovative research. A Facebook Group, entitled Support for Michelle Lengel, has been created where you are able to post notes of encouragement for Michelle and follow her journey to cure her Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. If you would like to mail notes of encouragement to Michelle, we would be grateful. Please send to: Michelle B. Lengel c/o Virginville Grange #1832 PO Box 173 Virginville, PA 19564 We would like to thank you in advance for your thoughts and prayers and express our gratitude for the outpouring of support that has already been received. Fraternally yours, The Lengel Family Violet Ribbon Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Awareness