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UPCOMING WORKSHOP
Community Action Partnership (CAP) and the Elizabethtown Area HUB will co-sponsor a workshop for community leaders, social service agencies, and church leaders. The workshop, “Bridges Out of Poverty,” will take place on Tuesday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Community Place on Washington, 61 E. Washington St., Elizabethtown. The workshop will be delivered by Dan Jurman, CEO of CAP. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in myth-busting activities, interactive exercises, and discussion. Seating is limited. For more information or to register by Thursday, April 18, readers may email office@echos lancaster.org or call 717-689-3423.
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Child Care Center To Celebrate 50 Years By Diane Bitting
In the late 1960s, church leaders in Elizabethtown decided to help the growing number of families with two parents in the workplace. Thus, in 1969, the United Churches Elizabethtown Area organization founded an outreach program known as the Elizabethtown Child Care Center (ECCC). “As a group, they recognized that there was a need for child care in the community,” explained Allyson Cook, ECCC executive director. Originally a preschool only, the program was housed at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church. In 1989, the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren became a second location, housing programs for infants and toddlers as well as morning and afternoon programs for kindergartners. In 1993, services again were expanded
to include before- and after-school care, also at the Church of the Brethren. In 1999, the entire ECCC was consolidated at Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren, where it remains today. The ECCC is planning an anniversary celebration to mark its 50 years of service. The celebration will take place on Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the center, 777 S. Mount Joy St., Elizabethtown. The community is invited to join. “We wouldn’t be where we are if it weren’t for the support and generosity of the community that we’re in,” said Cook. The day’s activities will include tours of the center; children’s games and activities, such as face painting and balloons; and live music performed by Corty Byron, an ECCC alumnus, and Josh Tindall, one of the church’s pastors, and his wife, Elizabeth, church keyboardist. Emergency response vehicles See Child Care Center pg 9
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GOLF TOURNAMENT
Pine Creek Structures To Mark 25th Anniversary In Elizabethtown 7 p.m. and on Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Customer Appreciation Days, the company’s biggest sales event of the year, will offer deals on sheds, garages, playsets, See Pine Creek Structures pg 5
Second Family Travel Fair Planned By Ann Mead Ash
Attendees at the second annual PA Family Travel
“Annually, the U.S. Fair will have opportunties to learn about places Travel Association says like the famous Kinzua Bridge (bottom left photo) 705 million vacation and Jellystone Park (top left photo) and to visit days are left unused. with Clyde Peeling’s reptiles (right photo). That is a lot,” said The 2019 fair will be held at Calvary Church on Wendy Royal, editor of Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where & When Pennsylvania and an organizer of the second live in Pennsylvania, there is so much PA Family Travel Fair. “For people who to do within a short distance. Everyone See PA Family Travel Fair pg 6
J.R. Krause, manager of the Elizabethtown location of Pine Creek Structures, invites the public to celebrate the lot’s 25th anniversary with Customer Appreciation Days on April 19 and 20.
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Leaders of the Elizabethtown Child Care Center (ECCC) are looking forward to a 50th anniversary celebration set for Saturday, April 27, at the center’s home at Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren. Joining some of the center’s children are (from left) executive director Allyson Cook, board chair Johanna Gardiner, assistant director Kristi Long, teachers Melissa Anderson and Joan Troutman and board member Patrice Williams.
Pine Creek Structures will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its location at 2863 Hershey Road (Route 743), Elizabethtown, with Customer Appreciation Days on Friday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to
Lancaster County Field of Hope will hold a golf tournament on Saturday, May 4, at Crossgates Golf Club, 1 Crossland Pass, Millersville. Golf will begin with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit individuals and their families who are facing medical hardships. This year’s recipients include David Brill, Elliott Ross, Michelle Vinelli Adams, Carol Martin, Michele Elliott and the family of the late Joe Bauder. The entry fee per golfer includes the course fee, the use of a cart, lunch, dinner, beverages and prizes. The prize for the hole-in-one contest is a barbecue cooker with a hardwood table. Sponsorships are available. For more information, readers may visit www.lancofieldofhope.com or contact Carol Heth at 717-538-3877 or carol@lancofieldofhope.com.
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