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OCTOBER 21, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVI • NO 45
Lancaster GOTR Volunteers Selected For National Recognition BY ANN MEAD ASH
hen Girls on the Run (GOTR) Lancaster program director Jennifer West and development director Sarah Yohe realized the caliber of some of the local organization’s volunteers last spring, they each wrote letters nominating some of them for the national Remarkable Volunteer Award given by GOTR International. The nonprofit, which promotes good choices for a lifetime of selfrespect and healthy living among girls, chooses 36 winners from hundreds of entries. In August, West and Yohe heard that some of their nominees were among the winners. Rahwa Teklai, who lives in Manheim Township, was nominated by Yohe and was chosen as a fundraising winner for her work as a SoleMate. Four Paradise Elementary School coaches Falon Doutrich, Brooke Sexton, Kristen Rogers, and Val Ruhl - were chosen as winners in the coaching category. Yohe reported that a SoleMate trains for an event of their choice
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while raising funds for GOTR. Teklai became familiar with GOTR because her daughter took part in the program and because her employer, PNC Bank, is a sponsor for GOTR. “Rahwa wanted to keep (her SoleMate status) open all year (during 2019-20) because she believes in (GOTR) and (because) she was tackling some things on her bucket list,� said Yohe. During that year, Teklai ran races that chal- The Paradise Elementary School Girls on lenged her comfort the Run (GOTR) coaches held a coach zone, including some convoy to celebrate and encourage the high mileage endeavors. school’s GOTR members. “She ended (her year) by summitting Mount Kilimanjaro,� “(Teklai) really represents what said Yohe, who noted that Teklai’s we’re teaching our girls through background is “incredible.� Born in our curriculum and that there are Eritrea in East Africa in 1984, she no limitations on what they can do, and her mother and older sister only opportunities to be remarkfled to Sudan, walking more than able.� When Yohe gave Teklai the 500 miles to avoid capture. “We news of her award, she responded teach our girls to be the authors of in an email, saying, “I truly believe their own stories,� said Yohe. that all our girls can be as confident
Girls on the Run Remarkable Volunteer Award winner Rahwa Teklai at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
as we are if not more.� West nominated the four Paradise Elementary School coaches after seeing how the group members, who have been working together for years, responded to the spring COVID-19 shutdown, which occurred the same week they were to hold their first GOTR lesson.
“They held a coach convoy,� said West, who noted that the women dressed in tutus and crowns and drove in tandem stopping at each girl’s house. “They would jump out of the cars, sprinkle glitter in her front yard, do an energy cheer, celebrate (that girl),� said West. “The (girls’) families came out to clap and See GOTR pg 7
Forgotten Women Invited To “For Such A Time As This� Friend Emma Mae Jenkins, author, Reptile Shows speaker, YouTuber, blogger, podGo Virtual caster, and Liberty University Scholarship Fund Can Help Provide Programs For Students BY ANN MEAD ASH
“The kids get to meet some of the same animals (as a live show), but they get to meet some different animals as well,� said Jesse Rothacker, founder and president of Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary in Manheim, who pointed out See Forgotten Friend pg 2
student majoring in women’s Christian leadership, will speak at the For Such a Time as This Virtual Women’s Conference, scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. The livestreamed event will also feature Emily Ann Roberts, a finalist on Blake Shelton’s team on season nine of “The Voice.�
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