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CrossNet Seeks Mentors By Ann Mead Ash
CrossNet mentoring and education manager Charis Pankratz is careful to differentiate the organization’s community mentoring program from the Cross Jr. Mentoring Program, which is specifically targeted to fourthand fifth-grade students. “(The community mentoring program) does not serve a specific age group,� said Pankratz. “In this program, we match a mentee, which could be anyone in the ELANCO community from second grade up, with a trained adult mentor of the same gender. The goal is to facilitate a
Mentee Gracie (left) and her mentor, Anneke, took part in a cookie baking activity arranged by CrossNet mentoring and education manager Charis Pankratz (not pictured) in February. The community mentoring program, which closed in March due to COVID-19, reopened on July 6, and Pankratz is in need of volunteer mentors.
relationship between these two people that allows for support, encouragement, and walking alongside each other.� The community mentoring program, which is nearly a decade old, has officially been on hiatus since mid-March due to COVID-19 restrictions, but now it is reopening. “We picked up as of July 6 with masks, social distancing, and meeting outside with your mentee if possible,� said Pankratz, who noted that although the program was officially closed during the stay-at-home order, she found safe ways to help mentors and mentees maintain communication. “We encouraged mentors to continue to reach out to mentees without seeing them face-to-face,� Pankratz explained. “We encouraged
Cancer Support Group To Begin Meeting Locally
Members of the LCCTC FFA chapter were recognized in a virtual awards ceremony on May 26. All chapter members are part of the Animal Production Science & Technology Program at the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center (LCCTC), 1730 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street. The chapter members are high school seniors and will receive Pennsylvania FFA Convention T-shirts as a graduation gift sponsored by the Lancaster County Agriculture Council. Throughout the school year, all students had an opportunity to job shadow, interact with guest speakers on a See LCCTC FFA pg 2
New Holland Pool Reopens By Ann Mead Ash
The pool at the New Holland Community Memorial Park Pool did not open by Memorial Day weekend as it has in the past, but it did open shortly thereafter. According to Leo Ward, pool manager with the park, the opening occurred on June 6, which was as soon as the pool and personnel could be ready after the facility was closed under COVID-19 restrictions in March. “Around the end of March there was a period where we shut down working at the park for two to three weeks,� said Ward, who noted that repair work began again in April and that lifeguards age 18 and older were back on board in early May. In late May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines for public pools. The Pennsylvania Department of Health informed pools that the
By Francine Fulton
Those who have cancer or had cancer in the past can now find useful information, networking opportunities and comfort from other people at a new cancer support group that will meet locally. The first meeting of the new group, which is open to those age 18 and over no matter what type of cancer their doctor diagnosed, will be held on Thursday, July 16, at 7 p.m. in the conference room at Conestoga Mennonite Church, 2779 Main St., (Route 23), Morgantown. Meetings will run weekly on Thursdays through Sept. 3. The group will be led by Cheryl Heineman, who has overcome cancer three times. She has received training from the Cancer Institute of Pennsylvania and has the support of several local hospitals. Also on hand for the first meeting will be church pastor See Cancer Support Group pg 4
Conestoga Mennonite Church pastor Bob Petersheim (left) and Cheryl Heineman (center) and her husband, the Rev. David Heineman, a health care chaplain, invite cancer patients and survivors to attend a new cancer support group at the church. The first meeting will be on July 16.
CDC guidelines and state business guidelines should be followed. “(At the same time), the American Red Cross came out with guidelines for swimming pools and specifically for lifeguarding,� said Ward. See New Holland Pool pg 5
New Holland Community Memorial Park Pool lifeguards (from left) Claire Brier, Ashley Gordon, and Abby Good helped pool manager Leo Ward (not pictured) to prepare the pool to open for the season on June 6 in accordance with COVID-19 restrictions.
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FaceTime (calls), texting, and writing letters and notes of encouragement,� she said, noting that no contact was required since the program was closed. She added that CrossNet was flexible when mentors or mentees were struggling with ways of keeping in contact. “We have a lot of older mentors who were uncomfortable dropping things off or with (using) technology. We were accommodating of that,� she said. According to Pankratz, the mentoring program fits well with the mission of CrossNet Ministries, which is to offer help and hope in the name of Jesus Christ. “At CrossNet, relationship is the foundation of all we do,� she said. “The program creates a forum for relationships.� That forum offers See CrossNet pg 7
LCCTC FFA Recognizes Member Achievements