Lititz Chooses Love is a 501C3 mutual aid support organization providing resources, and free accessible events, and is more, dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community of Lancaster County. We want to inspire our neighbors to choose love, to understand that an inclusive community is a thriving community, and to provide safe spaces for all who seek a sense of belonging. We chose our name because we wanted our intentions to be clear. Here, we choose to love. In those early days of planning our first Pride event, there were some moments of worry. We’d never tried anything like this before and while we knew we wanted to choose love, we wondered if the rest of Lititz would be behind us. You eased our fears when you showed up in numbers we never could have imagined at our first Pride in 2022. Today, you’re still showing up.
Lititz is choosing love more loudly and with growing enthusiasm, and our park has embraced us and our message with open arms. To the staff and the board and the supporters of
Lititz Springs Park, thank you. Thank you for choosing love and inclusion and kindness. Thank you, endlessly, for allowing us to host this event and sending the message so clearly that Lititz does, resoundingly, choose love. We truly are America’s coolest (and kindest) small town.Lititz Chooses Love began when a Pride flag was vandalized here in town. We came together because we wanted this act of hate to be countered by a powerful act of love, one that would bring our community together and say loud and clear, “Lititz Chooses Love.” That powerful act became our first Lititz Pride in June of 2021. As we spoke with youth speakers ahead of the event, we realized the profound need for support within the Lititz Community. We learned of youth suicides. We spoke with teens who were dealing with the deep pain of not being accepted by their families and who were being demonized by churches. We knew, in those first few heart-wrenching days, that Lititz didn’t just need one event, it needed an organization that would stick around year-round to turn this town around. And here we are.
Lititz Chooses love is our name. It’s our mission. It’s also our hope - that one day our entire community will choose love and that the suicide risk among LGBTQ+ youth will disappear. For now, we’ll keep working and keep encouraging you to join us.We are at heart a community organization and welcome volunteers year-round to assist with events and our resource center --open Wednesday 5 PM-8 PM and every Saturday 9 AM-12 PM--which houses our food pantry, gender-affirming closet, and book collection. For more information, visit
https://lititzpride.org or contact parker@lititzpride.org. We are located at 1258 Newport Road Manheim, PA 17545 and our phone number is +1 267-326-1386. Please reach out through phone, email, or our contact form below with any questions or concerns!
