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AUGUST 9, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXIV • NO 26
Tools 4 School will offer backpacks and supplies
Backpacks and school supplies will be given away at Tools 4 School. BY CATHY MOLITORIS
The Walk of Love will feature fun for people of all ages.
Ride and walk will help children BY CATHY MOLITORIS
his is a day of family fun for everyone,” said Dana Myers, director of charitable giving for Brittany’s Hope, describing Biking for Brittany and the Walk of Love. The joint event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 10, at Star Barn Village, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown. The bike ride will feature a 31-mile course and a 62-mile course and will have a rolling start between 7 and 9 a.m. “For the cyclist in your group, we have Biking for Brittany - a metric century and metric half-century bike ride - which are simply beautiful routes, right along the Northwest River Trail,” Myers shared. “ We have wonderful volunteers from KW Realty and Elizabethtown College who are handling all the rest stops and plenty of volunteer professional
“You’ll be supporting orphaned and at-risk children and helping to unite children with families who have the heart to adopt a child with special needs.” running until 3 p.m. “The Walk of Love is a day of fun to celebrate children and adoption, with live music from Steven Courtney and the Suitcase Musicians, games, face painting and, of course, a Kids’ Fun Run and Mile Walk.” In addition to the in-person ride and walk, Brittany’s Hope will offer
a virtual event for families, service groups or people who cannot participate on Sept. 10 but still want to support the organization. Proceeds from Biking for Brittany and the Walk of Love will raise funds to support the mission of Brittany’s Hope, aiding orphaned and at-risk children worldwide. Participants will have the option to bring a picnic lunch or purchase refreshments from food trucks onsite, and self-guided tours of the Star Barn property will be available. “If you’re looking for an opportunity to see the property and enjoy a picnic lunch, here’s your chance,” Myers stated. “In addition to the fun you’ll be having, you’ll be supporting orphaned and at-risk children and helping to unite children with families who have the heart to adopt a child with special needs.” For more information or to register for Biking for Brittany or the Walk of Love, visit www.brittanyshope.org.
See Tools 4 School pg 3
There’s always something fresh going on with GOTR BY JEFF FALK
Girls on the Run (GOTR) is always active, always evolving, always moving forward. A national initiative designed to support the development of girls in the third through eighth grades with physical activities like running, GOTR has a mission that is seasonal in nature. On the heels of a successful spring campaign, the Lancaster chapter of GOTR is currently gearing up for its 10-week fall season, which will get underway on Monday, Sept. 11.
In addition, Girls on the Run recently assigned new positions and responsibilities to employees Jennifer West and Kylie Homan. “While Girls on the Run has two seasons, it is a year-round effort to ensure the success of each season,” said West, GOTR’s new executive director. “As a staff, it’s our responsibility to set up our coaches for success. Then it all starts again. We’re always thinking of how we can engage the community more. We know how important it is for girls to have a safe place to land.” Registration for GOTR’s fall See GOTR pg 2
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bike mechanics.” All types of bikes are welcome for the ride, from e-bikes to race bikes. Registration and check-in for the Walk of Love will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon, with festivities
The faces of the kids who come to the Tools 4 School giveaway say it all, said Suzette McCarty, who is organizing the event. “You can see how much the kids - and the parents - appreciate it,” she noted about the backpack and school supply giveaway at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Marietta. “School supplies are so expensive,
and when you have a family with three, four or five kids, it really hits them hard.” The church, located at 1290 River Road, Marietta, will hold its annual Tools 4 School giveaway on Saturday, Aug. 12, from 9 to 11 a.m. “Kids can come in and pick out a backpack, and we have different colors, different sizes,” McCarty noted. “Then we have school supplies, and they can go down the line