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MAY 25, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVIII • NO 7
Summer Of Good News BY ANN MEAD ASH
The team consisting of (from left) Wes Konchar, John Knoll, Matt O’Connell and Paul O’Connell won the 2021 Hempfield Foundation Golf Tournament.
Foundation Plans Golf Tournament
See Good News Club pg 2
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Fun For The Whole Family . . . . . . . . . .3 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Choir Festival Raises Funds For Life Lion . . . . . . . . . . .5 Business Directory . . . . . .5 House Of Worship . . . . . . .8 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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Separate fees have been set for Senior Awards Night on May 9, the ter, outstanding leadership, strong individual golfers and for groups of foundation also gave out $26,000 in community service, academic four. Single hole sponsorships are scholarships to graduating Hemp- achievement, athletic success, and available. For more information field seniors. The foundation’s entrepreneurial spirit. Anyone about the tournament, to register scholarships range from $500 to interested in creating a scholarship as a player or hole sponsor, or to $5,000 and are awarded to students through the foundation may email learn about annual partnerships who demonstrate excellent charac- hempfieldfoundation@gmail.com. with the foundation, visit See Golf Tournament pg 12 www.hempfieldfoundation.org or email hempfieldfoundation @gmail.com. “In the 2021-22 school year, the foundation funded more than 70 grants totaling nearly $140,000,” Herr said. “HSD (Hempfield School District) staff use these grants to fund programs and initiatives that support academics, school libraries, the arts, athletics and physical education, counseling, learning support services, special education, and career and technical education. Moreover, these grants will impact students Elementary school students throughout the Hempfield School District are in every HSD school building.” learning key STEAM concepts through Evo Ozobot classroom kits purchased During the 2022 Hempfield with a Hempfield Foundation teacher grant.
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he Hempfield Foundation will hold its 2022 Golf Tournament on Monday, June 27, at Conestoga Country Club, 1950 Stone Mill Road, Lancaster. The event will begin with registration and lunch at 11 a.m., followed by golf starting at 12:30 p.m. The title sponsor for the tournament is also the foundation’s Premier Community Partner, Penn State Health. “The Hempfield Foundation holds this annual event to support our teacher grant program,” said foundation president Doug Herr. “The monies we raise go toward funding grants to help Hempfield teachers in all school buildings to implement the great ideas they have for their classroom.” At the 2021 tournament, the winning team consisted of Wes Konchar, John Knoll, Paul O’Connell, and Matt O’Connell from Donegal Insurance Group, a 1993 partner of the foundation.
“We reach more children in the summer than during the school year because each week we are in a different location,” said Nadine Welk, children’s ministry specialist coordinator with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), perhaps best known for the Good News Clubs the organization runs after school. Over the summer, CEF organizes Five-Day Clubs, vacation Bible school (VBS) programs, and Good News Camps. This year, summer programs will be held at 17 locations in Lancaster County. Welk explained that the basic ministry curriculum is the same for all programs, which begin with a 90-minute activity period including large group game time, welcome and prayer, a Word Up period with a catchy phrase concerning the main lesson, Bible verses and songs, a Bible lesson, a review, and closing games. FiveDay Clubs, which use the 90minute basic format, are held in host homes. For the summer of 2022, host homes have been
