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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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Join the fight against human trafficking BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Once the home is complete, it’s sold on the open market. The most recent home completed by LCCTC students was a three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath house that sold in July of 2022 for $415,900. The proceeds from the sale are used to fund future house projects at the school. Martin noted that the program offers students an opportunity to learn a trade while also engaging
Human trafficking is happening right here in our backyard, and North Star Initiative is working to expose the issue and support the victims. The organization will host Welcome to the Battle, an event to spread awareness and information about the topic, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the LCBC Manheim campus, 2392 Mount Joy Road. The evening will feature experts from all sectors of the human trafficking field, who will provide information on the latest tactics traffickers are using, how to identify trafficking and what to do when trafficking is suspected. “We annually host this event, inviting partner organizations to join us to share their programs with attendees and provide a comprehensive picture to our community of the many people who participate in the battle to end trafficking,” explained Melinda Clark, executive director of North Star Initiative. “Along with the displays, we invite experts in the field to a panel where they share their insights around a particular topic. This year we are focusing on answering questions about traffickers’ recruiting tactics and barriers that could prevent someone from exiting the situation in which they’re being exploited.” The panel will feature detective Kevin Quinter, a member of the Anti-Trafficking Task Force and expert on preventing online child exploitation;
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Students work inside a house on the Lancaster County Career and Technology Center’s Mount Joy campus.
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Hands-on learning BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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earing hardhats and safety goggles, a group of students is hard at work on the grounds of Lancaster County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) in Mount Joy. They’re building a home as part of the school’s House Project, and they’re also honing the skills they need for their future careers.
Since 1989, students have constructed homes through the program. Initially, the construction sites were located throughout Lancaster County, but getting students to the sites was a challenge. In 2005, the school streamlined the process by subdividing sections of the Mount Joy campus into lots for future house projects. Building the homes takes place
over two years and involves students in multiple areas of study, said Rick Martin, construction manager. Students in the carpentry program in Mount Joy are joined by LCCTC students in other fields of construction, including electrical work and plumbing, who come from the Brownstown campus. Instructors Mitchell Hinton and James Smith supervise the students.
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