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JANUARY 30, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION
Donegal School District has announced that district residents who have not registered their eligible children for kindergarten for the 2019-20 school year should visit www.donegalsd.org. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must reside in the district and turn age 5 before Sunday, Sept. 1. Registration completion for prospective kindergarten students will be held at Donegal Primary School, 1055 Koser Road, Mount Joy, on Wednesday, May 1, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Friday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. by appointment only. Appointments may not be scheduled until online registration has been completed. Those without access to a computer should contact the Registrar’s Office at 717-492-1338 to schedule an appointment to register at the kindergarten registration kiosk in the lobby of the district office, 1051 Koser Road, Mount Joy. UPCOMING MEETING
The Memory Loss Support Group for Caregivers will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Community Room at Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road, Mount Joy. Dr. Ken Brubaker will discuss “The Seven Stages of Memory Loss.”
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ODC Small Group Participants Go To Work In Mount Joy By Ann Mead Ash
Daryl Strine, direct support professional with Occupational Development Center (ODC), 640 Martha Ave., Lancaster, is very proud of the crew he takes to Kinsey’s Inc., in Mount Joy, two to three days a week as part of ODC’s small group employment program. He cannot say enough about the ODC participants’ skills and work ethic. At the warehouse, part of Strine’s job is to move the boxes groups of up to four participants make as one of a variety of duties they complete, from the area where they are constructed to another location in the warehouse. The more boxes the participants complete, the more trips Strine makes. “They keep me moving,” he said. “On a busy day, I do 20,000 steps in four hours.”
According to ODC executive director Gregg Richards, the program is designed to give participants a chance to work in an integrated environment. “Small group employment is a crew of program participants who go to a workplace with a program supervisor and work side by side with employees of the local business, (where they) are paid at minimum wage or above,” explained Richards, who added that businesses may utilize a crew for seasonal work or on a regular basis. Strine said that ODC participants were carefully selected for the program based on skills. Over the course of a year, Strine worked to cull a list of 40 possible participants down to eight workers and four alternates. “They were competing for positions,” noted Strine, who added that the participants work four hours per day, clocking in and out and working alongside other Kinsey’s employees.
Maureen (right photo), an Occupational Development Center (ODC) small group employment participant, works at Kinsey’s Inc. in Mount Joy. Maureen and several other small group participants (left photo) are part of an ODC work program that creates boxes, packs items to be shipped, and See ODC Small Group pg 6 completes other tasks for the Mount Joy outdoor gear business.
ORIENTATION SESSIONS
Families United Network,
Columbia Creative Factory February Donation Drive To Benefit Local Organizations Launches Building Campaign By Chelsea Peifer
OPEN HOUSE
Bossler Christian Preschool,
Northwest Emergency Medical Services will hold a food drive in February to benefit the Community Cupboard of Elizabethtown, the Manheim Central Food Pantry, and the East Donegal/Conoy Area Christian Food Bank. By Sara D. Ulrich
Thanks to several projected snowstorms for Lancaster County in the last few weeks, many residents have visited
their local grocery stores to stock up on essentials. The crew at Northwest Emergency Medical Services (NWEMS) hopes that shoppers will visit their local markets again soon, but for a charitable See Donation Drive pg 5
The Columbia Creative Factory has begun a campaign to raise funds to purchase the building that it currently occupies at 247 Locust St., Columbia. A nonprofit organization geared toward cultivating creativity through shared arts experiences, the Columbia Creative See Creative Factory pg 4
The Columbia Creative Factory, which has been operating out of the building at 247 Locust St., Columbia, since 2016, has started a campaign together with the Lancaster Creative Factory to purchase the building as its permanent space. Columbia Creative Factory is a nonprofit organization that aims to cultivate creativity by offering shared arts experiences to the community with programming for children, youths, adults, veterans, and more.
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2021 Bossler Road, Elizabethtown, will hold a drop-in open house on Thursday, Feb. 7, between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Families are invited to bring preschoolers to give them the opportunity to experience learning in a one-room schoolhouse. The preschool serves children ages 3 to 5, aiming to help them learn through Bible stories, art and cooking experiences, science discoveries, music and movement activities, math, and language development. Readers may visit www.bosslerchristianpreschool.com or call 717-537-8192 for more information.
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412 S. Angle St., Mount Joy, is seeking foster families. The organization will host foster parent orientation sessions on Thursdays, Feb. 7 and 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. To attend one of the sessions, readers may call 800-722-0136 or email Holly at htanner@families4kids.org.