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he Edible Classroom believes that learning at school does not end in the classroom. Outside of the physical buildings at schools within Penn Manor School District, Columbia Borough School District and the School District of Lancaster, school gardens exist where students plan, plant, care for and harvest vegetables. Per its website, the Edible Classroom “cultivates academic achievement, healthy lifestyles and environmental stewardship through gardens reinforce the state’s Science, Technology & Engineering, and garden-based, experiential The Environmental Literacy & Sustainability (STEELS) standards. learning.” “It’s like an on-site field trip in 2017 by Julian and Beth Horst, classroom learning inside of the where students come out for their both residents within the Penn school building,” Julian said. “We lesson,” said co-founder and exec- Manor School District. Shortly found our ability to support and utive director Grace Julian. “It’s an after, the school garden program reinforce what the students are opportunity for them to experience began at the aforementioned trio learning inside the classroom … to in a hands-on way all three parts of of school districts. be very valuable.” our mission statement.” “We found that, as you can imagThe organization does not have a The Edible Classroom, a non- ine, our administrators and our physical, brick-and-mortar location profit organization, was founded teachers are focused more on the but instead operates out of its school
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Anne Hendricks, outreach coordinator with All 4 Paws Rescue, a nonprofit, foster-based, all-breed organization located in Malvern, is familiar with the most common excuse potential pet foster parents give. “They all say, ‘I could never foster because I would want to adopt them all,’” noted Hendricks, who has fostered more than 100 dogs over nine years. “We have
all foster-failed at least once,” she added, referring to a foster dog she knew she would be keeping within the first 24 hours of fostering her. According to Kisha Reinmiller, site director for Pennsylvania SPCA Lancaster Center, many who foster do become adoptive pet parents. “We are always recruiting new fosters,” she shared. “A lot of them adopt for the first time.” Both organizations reported that Anne Hendricks, outreach becoming a foster parent for an coordinator with All 4 Paws, with Bear, one of many dogs she has
At Stevens & Smith Center, History Teaches Important Lessons BY JEFF FALK
In the area of equal rights, our country has made great strides. But the process continues; there is still much work to be done. The brand-new Stevens & Smith Center sheds a wider, more colorful light on the issues of equality. “ T he center explores the ongoing struggle to expand freedom, equality and democracy in America,” said Jason Traverse, the director of marketing and communications for the Stevens & Smith Center. “Through the stories of Stevens, Smith and countless others, visitors are invited to consider how ordinary and extraordinary people alike have worked to advance these ideals, and how that work continues in America today. “ W h at m a kes the center special is that it doesn’t simply present history as something that happened long ago,” continued Traverse. “It asks visitors to consider how the questions t h at de f i ne d S te ve n s ’ a nd Smith’s lives - questions about citizenship, equality, justice and democracy - continue to shape our lives today.” Recently, the Thaddeus Stevens & Lydia Hamilton Smith Center for Histor y and Democracy opened its doors at 13-15 E. Vine St., Lancaster, to visitors. The new museum, which is located on the site of Stevens’ home and law offices, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Stevens & Smith Center is associated with and a part of LancasterHistory. “The project has been many
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