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MARCH 31, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 50
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Tips For Marketing With Websites BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
During the pandemic and the subsequent changes to shopping, dining, and business practices, websites have been indispensable. “More and more during COVID, (the internet) becomes the place where transactions happen. (People are) placing orders and buying products (online),” explained marketing expert Adam Grim. “ Websites are the first impression for the business. In most cases these days, people are looking at your website before they’re willing to have a call with you or stop by your location.” Grim has worked in digital marketing in Lancaster County See Marketing Tips pg 3
BRR offers summer fun for children.
BY COURTNEY MENGEL
“Camp is open!” exclaimed Peter Fiorello, executive director of Black Rock Retreat (BRR). Located on 100 acres of woodland in southern Lancaster County, BRR is a nonprofit Christian organization that has been running since 1954. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, BRR was forced to cancel the first three weeks of camp. “Once we reopened, we served roughly 600 kids with no cases (of COVID), which was a miracle,” said
Fiorello. “Parents were begging us to stay open.” Camp will be open for eight weeks this summer beginning Sunday, June 13. Overnight camp will be available for students in grades two through 12, and day camp will be open to children in grades one through six . BRR offers financial assistance and awards scholarships every year so that underprivileged children can go to camp. Registration opened in December 2020. “Registration is filling up, which is great to see!” said Fiorello. “In
spite of everything, we had a great summer last year, so we’re hoping to go back to normal in some capacity this summer.” For the first time ever, BRR has partnered with the semiprofessional Christian soccer team the Charlotte Eagles. BRR will host a soccer day camp this summer for children in grades one through eight from Monday to Friday, July 26 to 30. “The Charlotte Eagles do ministry work in the States and overseas, so we’re really fortunate that some of the trainers will come here to work
with the kids,” said Fiorello. Fiorello has served as executive director of BRR for almost four years. Some of his main goals include casting vision for the future, raising funds, and creating new ministry opportunities. “I’ve been in camp ministry as an executive directort for over 20 years,” noted Fiorello. “I started in upstate New York at a small camp and served with Youth For Christ, where I did inner city work. I was also in New Hampshire at a camp for seven years, and then I came here.”
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