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MARCH 9, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 44
Susan Allen, Outstanding Teacher Of The Year BY COURTNEY MENGEL
Susan Allen, alumna of Lampeter-Strasburg High School and current Hempfield School District instructional technology specialist, was recently named Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the PA Association for Educational Communications and Technology (PAECT). PAECT is the local affiliate of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, and has over 3,000 members statewide. The organization recognizes educators through a variety of awards, and in order to be recognized, an individual Hempfield School District instructional must be nominated and then technology specialist Susan Allen was named two principals must echo the Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the nomination with letters of Pennsylvania Association for Educational recommendation. At the Communications and Technology. organization’s annual banquet, Allen leadership in implementing technoloreceived the PAECT Outstanding gy to improve education and/or in Teacher of the Year award, which rec- advocating for education technology ognizes one teacher who has demon- policy at the local, state, regional, strated outstanding achievement and national, and/or international levels.
Volunteers are needed to help at the seventh annual Lancaster County Feed My Starving Children MobilePack event.
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but makes a huge positive impact in the life of a person in need.” Masks are not required but may be worn if desired. Hand-washing stations will be implemented this year. Increased disinfecting practices between shifts per COVID-19 protocols will be in place. All volunteers need to preregister online. Those who sign up for a packing shift are encouraged to donate a minimum of $52. At the price of less than 25 cents a meal, the donation will cover the cost of one box of packed meals, equaling 216 meals, which is the average number a single volunteer packs in a twohour period. There will be a variety of tasks at the packing event, and people of all ages and abilities are
Born and raised in Ephrata, Heather Hornberger is a self-taught artist who has been expressing her creativity ever since she was a child. Growing up, Hornberger recalls making collages and little art projects for her family and friends during her free time. However, it wasn’t until her mid-20s when she was working as a nurse that she started
See MobilePack Event pg 2
See New Artists pg 10
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ccording to Lora Mangus Wenger, chairperson of the Lancaster County Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) MobilePack event, approximately 6,200 children around the world die each day from hunger and malnutrition-related causes. Founded in 1987, FMSC is a nonprofit organization that aims to alleviate world hunger by hosting MobilePack events, where volunteers hand-pack nutritious meals specifically designed to assist in reversing and preventing undernutrition. Every day, FMSC meals are distributed to schools, orphanages, clinics, and feeding programs
around the world to help break the cycle of poverty. Since the organization was established, FMSC has distributed more than 2 billion meals in nearly 70 countries. The seventh annual three-day FMSC MobilePack event will take place at Willow Street Mennonite Church (WSMC), 399 E. Penn Grant Road, Willow Street, from Friday, March 25, to Sunday, March 27. One thousand volunteers are needed to work during two-hour shifts to provide 300,000 meals in three days. “This event is a wonderful opportunity for people of all ages to give back and show care for our local and global communities,” stated Wenger. “Meeting basic needs through providing food assistance seems simple,
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