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JANUARY 18, 2023
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVIII • NO 34
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Career Fairs Of The Future BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Laura Odicio works on an arts and craft project at GiGi’s Playhouse Lancaster.
GiGi’s Playhouse Promotes Achievement For Those With Down Syndrome through hands-on programs, tutoring, exercise classes, activities, arts and crafts and life skill-building sessions, all free of charge. GiGi’s Playhouse Lancaster’s participants range in age from infants to those 60 years of age. Hewitt is the lone paid employee, but she’s supported by a staff of more than 40 volunteers. “We practice a lot of like skills here,” said Hewitt, a resident of Ephrata. “We focus so much on little steps, on the next steps they can do. Here, we celebrate little wins. They’re little things we take for granted.” See GiGi’s Playhouse pg 3
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Three years. Thirty-six months of exploring the differences and similarities between people. One thousand ninety-five days of altering the world’s perception of a common condition. Twenty-six thousand, two hundred eighty hours of helping people with Down syndrome function better in their world. On Jan. 11, GiGi’s Playhouse Lancaster conducted its third birthday party, celebrating three years of serving the local Down syndrome
community. It was a special mile- support groups, but there wasn’t stone for the special place located at anything in the area like it. The main goal is to change the way peo2503 Oregon Pike. Over those years, GiGi’s Play- ple view Down syndrome. Everything we do here is house has enhanced the lives of hundreds “Everything we do designed to help peoof participants from here is designed to ple with Down synLancaster, York and help people with drome do their best. But we also support beyond. Yet in many ways, GiGi’s Play- Down syndrome their families.” More than a playhouse is just getting do their best. But w e a l s o s u p p o r t house or even a started. school, GiGi’s Play“When we opened their families.” house is a Down synthree years ago, it was exciting,” said Christine Hewitt, drome achievement center. The GiGi’s Playhouse Lancaster’s site Lancaster location serves nearly coordinator, “because there were 380 participants and their families
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The modern world has evolved through the widespread use of new technology in a variety of ways; during the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and businesses heavily relied on technology to safely continue operating. Although the world is no longer in a state of emergency lockdown, organizations such as Junior Achievement of Southcentral Pennsylvania (JASCPA) have found that procedures adopted during the pandemic continue to prove themselves useful. In 2021, JASCPA implemented JA Inspire, a virtual career fair that schools can utilize for their students. The program simulates a real career fair, replete with business representatives who provide details on what it’s like to work for their companies and respective fields through the virtual platform. Upon signing into the application, students begin at the exterior of the career fair building accompanied by virtual students and school buses. They can navigate the page to visit the