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MAY 13, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 17
Manheim Girl Scout Distributes Hundreds Of Homemade Masks By Francine Fulton
What started out as an effort to make masks to earn a Girl Scout Gold Award has evolved into an extended community service projects for Manheim teenager Ansley Ryan. As of late April, Ansley has handmade 658 masks, which she has given out free of charge to friends and neighbors. “We will keep doing them because there is a great need in the community,” Ansley said. Ansley, 16, the daughter of Timothy and Gayle Ryan, has been making masks since early March, when it was recommended that people wear face coverings to prevent the spread of
COVID-19. She places the masks outside her home in a basket, offering them free to passersby. With each homemade mask, which is sealed in a plastic bag, Ansley provides an inspiring message, along with a printout describing how to make a mask and to clean and care for it. “The same weekend that they issued the (stay-at-home) order we put up a stand at the end of our driveway,” she said. “We put out a bunch every day and they go every day.” Ansley makes the masks using a pattern she and her mom found online. “We use a pattern from a YouTube video. We saw a whole bunch (of See Girl Scout pg 3
Almost Like Being There
Reaching 1,400 Girls At Home
PA Family Travel Fair Goes Virtual
By Ann Mead Ash
By Ann Mead Ash
Under normal circumstances, Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a 10-week in-person program that couples physical activity with specific lessons to help develop competency in areas related to social, psychological, and physical development for girls in third through eighth grades. The GOTR curriculum is designed to promote good choices for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. However, since midMarch, the 1,400 girls in Lancaster and Lebanon counties who were to take part in GOTR this spring have not been living in normal circumstances.
When Wendy Royal, editor of Where & When Pennsylvania and organizer of the third PA Family Travel Fair, realized that the 2020 fair, which was scheduled for April 18, would have to be canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, she was heartbroken for the more than 50 exhibitors. When she learned that all of them were committed to doing the 2021 event, she wanted to do something to help them. On April 21, Royal finalized plans to take the fair virtual starting during National Travel and Tourism Week, which was See PA Family Travel Fair pg 2
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Manheim Girl Scout Ansley Ryan has made more than 650 masks, which she has given out free of charge to neighbors and friends.
DelGrosso’s Amusement Park and Laguna Splash and the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon will be among the many destinations highlighted during the virtual PA Family Travel Fair, which can be accessed using the QR code found with this article or by visiting www.whereandwhen.com/virtual-pa-family-travel-fair.
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Since they are not attending school due to COVID-19 restrictions, they are not able to meet with their coaches and teams regularly after school. GOTR has responded to this situation with two new virtual lessons released each Tuesday as part of the GOTR At Home See GOTR pg 3
The Oles family of Manheim Township, including (from left) Luke, Mary Beth, Mary Kate, and Mark Oles, is taking part in the Girls on the Run At Home curriculum by completing weekly lessons that include discussions and exercises based on a specific theme.
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