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Cooking Up Hope at Relay For Life BY CAT SHANNON
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bout 25 years ago, Joan Schaum learned about Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, through her e m p l oye r, a n d s h e joined a team. She didn’t know that the organization would touch her personally in the future. Ye a r s l a t e r , h e r mother-in-law, Jackie Immel, moved in with Joan and her husband, Jeffrey, to their home Members of The Breakfast Crew at December’s Breakfast with Santa thought it was awesome that all in Columbia. While living with the raise funds for cancer research. “She loved walking around the these people were clapping for her Schaums, Immel was diagnosed track,” Joan recalled. “When she and cheering her on, and she had with several types of cancer. The Schaums took Immel to the couldn’t walk around the track no idea who they were.” In 2016, Immel passed away Lancaster Relay For Life, which anymore for the sur vivor lap, was then a 24-hour event focused we put her in a wheelchair and from kidney failure. The loss on walking laps around a track to pushed her around the track. She prompted the Schaums to take
BY CAT SHANNON
Like many creative people, Emily Fritz comes from a crafty family. Her grandfather was a woodworker, but he died before she could learn from him. Eager to explore the craft, she wasn’t sure where to begin, and that experience inspired her to help others find their starting point. She is the founder and executive director of Lancaster Workshop + Tool Library, opening later this year. “Finding mentorship, tools, space, etc., was a serious lifelong limitation until I shared this story with my friend, mentor and now co-founder, Gene Shaw, a retired cabinetmaker and artist in the city of Lancaster who invited me to learn with him,” she See Tools pg 5
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Tools, Trades and a Place to Get Started
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Finding Fellowship on the Homeschool Journey Homescho oling can b e a worthy but lonely task. The Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP) wants to help. The organization will host a stop on the CHAP Hometown Tour on Friday, March 13, from 4 to 8:30 p.m. at Hope Community Church, 1806 Harrisburg Ave., Mount Joy. “Most homeschoolers feel like they are on a bit of an island and feel like they are going about this enormous task alone. But they are not!” shared Ginger Wayde, CHAP board member. “There are many resources available for encouragement, connection and equipping. CHAP provides many resources to do all these things for the homeschooling family. If they are wanting a boost to get to the end of the school year, this is the place to be.” As Wayde explained, the Hometown Tour is a series of events hosted by CHAP designed to give homeschool families an opportunity to connect with other homeschoolers while simultaneously providing encouragement for their homeschool journeys. “This year’s speaker is Lauren Gideon, who is with Education Independence,” Wayde said. Education Independence is a network of advocates for education freedom that promotes parent-led, private-funded and state-independent education. Gideon will speak on the topics of “The ‘Well Done’ of Homeschooling - Beginning
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Aidan Fife in the tool library side of the Lancaster Workshop + Tool Library. Photo by Cat Shannon
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