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VOL LVII • NO 22
Planting Seeds Of Cooperation
Foster And Adoptive Parents Needed Bethanna Plans A Night At The Ballgame BY ANN MEAD ASH
ifth-grade Salisbury Elementary School teacher Anita Girvin knows the power of a seed. Working with teaching partner Diane Hemperly, Girvin has founded Girvin’s Gardeners, a club made up of 15 fifth- and sixth-grade Salisbury students who give up their lunch block every other Wednesday to learn about plants, business, and how to work together. During a recent club meeting, Girvin began by discussing the importance of cooperation, which happened to be the Salisbury character trait for April. “Cooperation … for me that’s being able to do more together than by yourself,” explained Girvin. “The reason we decided to (set the club) up as a business is so you can work together on committees. Think about how challenging (growing and selling plants) would be without this word cooperation.” Girvin then lauded the
See Planting Seeds pg 9
See Foster And Adoptive pg 6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE County Treasures: Seiverling Museum Specializes In Pedal Cars . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Bee-ing A Friend To Pollinators . . . . . . . . . .3 Business Directory . . . . . .6 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Everyone Wins In Biggest Loser . . . . . . . . .12 Anita Girvin (left in top left photo) helps a student with a seedling. Members of Girvin’s Gardeners (top right and bottom photos) meet every other Wednesday to learn about plants and how to work together.
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students for the work they had done selling spring planters, which included tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths. Student Stella explained that during the sale, different committees completed specific tasks. “Some of the committees sold the plants to the school adults,” said Stella, who added that the shipping and logistics committee delivered the plants. “I am in customer service,” she added. “We make care cards (to provide customers) with care tips on the plants.” Through a connection with Ease The Burden (ETB), a local organization that partners with educators, the club received a grant, as well as supplies from Ken’s Gardens. “We help to join the two (Girvin’s Gardeners and Ken’s Gardens),” said Mindy Williams of ETB. “Our role is to line up businesses that would fit well with Pequea Valley needs,” added Lapp, who presented students in the club with T-shirts that read “Girvin’s Gardeners.”
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BY ANN MEAD ASH
As a final celebration of National Foster Care Month, which is May, Bethanna, a public adoption and foster care agency, is planning a night with the Barnstormers at the team’s home stadium, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster, on Tuesday, June 8. The opening pitch is at 6:30 p.m. Thirty minutes prior to the start of the game, a meal featuring Hess BBQ will be held in the stadium’s Haller Pavilion for those families interested in fostering and adopting. There will be an information booth, and the event will be designed to celebrate foster families and recruit more families. The event is family-friendly, and children are welcome.
