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Come out to a Chamber chicken barbecue and library bash BY CATHY MOLITORIS
along with it. The Mount Joy Area Chamber of Commerce will On Saturday, Aug. 17, lunch hold its 29th annual chicken is already planned for you, and barbecue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. there’s entertainment to go at the Milanof-Schock Library, See Chamber pg 3
Free backpacks and supplies offered through Tools 4 School BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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elping to lessen the financial burden of buying school supplies, members of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Marietta will hold the Tools 4 School giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 10. The giveaway will take place at the church, 1290 River Road, Marietta, from 9 to 11 a.m.
S u z e t te Mc C a r t y, w h o i s organizing the event, said the faces of the students who come in are unforgettable. “You can see how much the students - and the parents - appreciate it,” she noted. “School supplies are expensive, and when you have a family with two, three or more students, it really hits them hard.” Students of all ages are invited to come to the giveaway and get
what they need. “Students first pick out a backpack. We have different colors and different sizes,” McCarty said. “Then they go down the line of school supplies filling their backpacks. We have pocket folders, (paper) tablets, colored pencils, crayons, markers, pencils, pens, rulers, erasers.” Students may also browse used books and select a free book or two.
Inviting people to the Mount Joy Chamber of Commerce chicken barbecue are major sponsor Giant employees and Chamber board members.
Heritage Creek Farm encourages working hand-in-hand with the land BY CATHY MOLITORIS
With a motto of “lettuce learn outside,” Heritage Creek Farm & Education Center combines hands-on fun with agricultural lessons at a family-owned and family-operated farm in Mount Joy. “We live in a fast-paced age of technology where a lifestyle rooted in the simplicity of farm life is like finding a pearl in an oyster,” said Cindi Hughes,
owner and director of education at Heritage Creek. “Children are growing up without experiencing the wonders of nature. The art of growing our own food is becoming a lost tradition, in need of revitalization.” To help people understand their connection to the land, Heritage Creek offers a variety of programs, including summer farm camp for children ages 5 to 12, a summer teen leadership program, a homeschool
See Backpacks pg 7
See Heritage Creek pg 6
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