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FEBRUARY 7, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 40
GOTR seeks superstars for spring season
G
irls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster will open registration for its upcoming spring season on T hursday, Feb. 15. The organization will have teams in multiple school districts in Lancaster County and the surrounding area, and girls who are in third, fourth or fifth grade are invited to sign up with their local group. Registration will remain open online at http://tinyurl.com /GOTRlanc24 until the first week of the season, which will kick off on Monday, March 11. Over the course of the 10-week spring season, GOTR teams will meet twice a week for a one and a half session. During each session, volunteer coaches will guide team members through a curriculum designed to help young girls to develop self-confidence and various social skills. The program will incorporate physical activities to supplement every lesson and to prepare the girls for a 5K celebration at the end of the season.
The 5K will be held on Saturday, May 4, at Franklin & Marshall College, 637 College Ave., Lancaster. “‘Run’ is in the name, but the program is really about helping to lift up and empower girls,” said Jennifer West, executive director of GOTR Lancaster. “You can run, hop, roll, walk or push through our lessons and the 5K.” This year, GOTR will introduce a new curriculum titled “Hello Superstar.” While the new material shares many of the same goals as GOTR’s previous lessons, it will place an additional focus on the importance of inclusion and celebrating diversity. As part of the curriculum, each team will collaborate on a project that will positively impact the local community, and the girls will have an opportunity to choose where to direct the focus of the assignment. In the past, participants’ projects have supported animal rescues, teachers throughout their school district, local first responders and individuals who could use a care package.
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
If you’ve lived in southeastern Pennsylvania for more than a year, you are likely famili ar w i th the re g ion’s inconsistent weather patterns that accompany the changing of the seasons. As winter draws to a close every year, the frigid nights are contrasted with warm days, confusing local wildlife and Lancastrians alike. Although it might be inconvenient for residents to leave the house with
a warm jacket they won’t need for another 12 hours, the erratic weather makes the area a perfect place to find nature’s sweetest treat: maple syrup. Maple trees that are located in cold climates accumulate sap in their trunks and roots to prepare for winter. In early spring, the trees convert the sap’s starch to sugar, after which it is pumped throughout their branches to grow new leaves. The process relies on the alternating daytime and nighttime temperatures See Maple sugaring pg 2
“The girls learn that it’s important to think of others while taking care of yourself, and it’s really neat to see teams choose a project meaningful to them,” said Kylie Homan, GOTR Lancaster’s program director. “They
are not only making a difference in somebody’s life, but also in the community at large.” GOTR Lancaster expects to have more than 1,200 girls and 90 teams participate in the spring season, which will require a
minimum of 400 volunteer coaches. Coaches are not required to be runners themselves, and students in high school are invited to sign up as volunteers. For more information, visit www.gotrlancaster.org.
Grace Community Church slates musical theater camp BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
This summer, Grace Community Church of Willow Street, 212 Peach Bottom Road, will host its annual musical theater camp for students who are in first to eighth grades. The four-day camp will be held from Monday, July 22, to Friday, July 26, and each day of the program will take place from 9 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Registration is currently available online and will remain open until Friday,
The Outpour Kids summer camp will conclude with a student-led
See Theater camp pg 3 performance of a musical.
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Coaches and members of the community in Lampeter-Strasburg School District participated in GOTR’s fall 5K celebration last year.
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