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MAY 8, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 2
Getting back in the game for a good cause BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
entail full-contact football games for individuals above the age of t any age, amputees and 34 and amputees who are 18 or individuals born with limb older. Registration is available loss or limb difference face online for residents in any part of many challenges. But children Lancaster County, and the football in America often face additional teams will be helmed by both obstacles when former and current seeking prosthetics coaches from several “A basic leg will and therapy due to local school districts, a decreased likeincluding Donegal, allow them to lihood that their Hempfield, Solanco walk, but to us family’s insurance and Penn Manor. that’s not good will cover the Practices for the cost. Nonprofit enough. A kid can game will begin at organization Iron the end of May; exact Leg Corp. seeks to run track and field dates and additional with a good leg.” provide support information will be for children in announced by Iron Lancaster County Leg once they are who are in need of assistance available. The registration fee with obtaining prosthetics. will include equipment such as a Iron Leg is one of the few orga- uniform, a helmet and shoulder nizations of its kind, and it will pads. Players are required to bring hold an equally unique fundraising a seven-pad girdle and turf cleats. event on Saturday, Aug. 3, at To register online, visit https:// Biemesderfer Stadium, 45 Pucillo ironleg.org/interest-form. Drive, Millersville. The event The primary goal of the fundwill begin at 7 p.m., and it will raiser is to acquire the resources
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Inviting local athletes to participate in Iron Leg’s upcoming football game fundraiser are (from left) Sean Laukhuff, Ashley Kimmich, Parker Millhouse, Matt Millhouse and Logan Millhouse.
that allow Iron Leg to provide financial support and to purchase prosthetics for children with limb loss or limb difference. Due to how quickly children outgrow prosthetics, insurance often will not cover the cost; if it does, it typically only allows the child to obtain a basic prosthetic that is
unsuited for physical activities such as playing sports or hiking. “Most of the time, insurance companies won’t pay for a $30,000 leg if the kid is going to grow out of it in within two years,” said Iron Leg co-founder Matt Millhouse. “But the thing is, that means the kids miss out on being more active. A
basic leg will allow them to walk, but to us that’s not good enough. A kid can run track and field with a good leg.” In addition to raising funds for children in the community, the goal of Iron Leg’s fundraiser is to give football players an opportunity to play one more game under See Iron Leg pg 7
Contested on indoor or outdoor courts, pickleball is a sport similar to tennis and pingpong played with a hard plastic ball and a paddle. Now a local nonprofit is seeking to capitalize on pickleball’s recent popularity to battle human trafficking. Enter North Star Initiative (NSI). NSI’s next annual pickleball tournament is almost upon us. The competitive event will raise money and awareness in the
fight against human trafficking while promoting the growth of the blossoming sport. “It’s a way to get the community involved with something that’s going on in our own backyard,” said Alex Wagner, NSI’s marketing and communications director. “There’s a whole community that is super excited to play. The rules are easy to pick up. It’s something that’s fun and brings everyone together.” The second edition of NSI’s pickleball tournament will be contested on Saturday, June 15, See North Star pg 4
LCP slates Grow With Us garden fundraiser BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
Loft Community Partnership (LCP) will host its inaugural Grow With Us spring fundraiser on Saturday, May 18, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 222 N. George St., Millersville. T he event will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and it will include a variety of garden-themed lunch items from Commonwealth Kitchen & Cafe in Lancaster, as well as prize drawings, an online a u c t i o n a n d p re s e n t a t i o n s Millersville Senior Center volunteers (from left) Jack Gardener,
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