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Adults Sought to Join Mentorship Program ONLINE A WINTER EVENT CALENDAR
BY FRANCINE FULTON
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Author Releases Children’s Book to Honor Late Grandmother
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BY FRANCINE FULTON
Kimberly Mowery of Intercourse, an author of biblically based children’s books, recently released her third book , “Finding the Leader.” The latest story is part of “The Pilgrimage of Jacki and Gerri” series, which is designed to honor Mowery’s grandmother
CRC Serves as Caretaker of Conestoga River BY JEFF FALK
dults looking to make a direct impact on the lives of local youths are encouraged to consider taking part in The Factory Ministries’ Braves Mentorship pro g ram. A s par t of the after-school activity, adult mentors are needed to work with students i n t h i rd t h r o u g h fifth grades on Tuesdays from March 24 A mentor reads to students during circle time during a previous after-school program. through May 26 from and being able to encourage them,” are willing to listen to kids and want 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. While it can be helpful if mentors said Liana Rogers, the first- through to spend time with them and get have some experience working with eighth-grade program and family to know them and encourage their young students, it is not a require- outreach coordinator at The Factory strengths and talk with them about ment. “(Mentors can be) anyone Ministries. “(Mentors can be) a their problems.” “Age is less of a concern to me who is a positive adult who is inter- range of ages. I have high school stuested in getting to know a student dents (as mentors) - as long as they than character,” she added.
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by retelling her personal history. Each book in the series tells the story of Jacqueline Ann and Geraldine Doris, twin sisters that Mowery’s grandmother, Sarah June, lost in 1940. After the girls’ death, they were never spoken about again. “I didn’t know my grandmother Kimberly Mowery’s latest book is had twins until I was 14 years old,” titled “Finding the Leader,” which is
part of “The Pilgrimage of Jacki and
See Author pg 9 Gerri” series.
It’s a club. It’s a group of individuals who share values, experiences and a vision. Members of the Conestoga River Club (CRC) believe that if they take care of the river, the Conestoga River will take care of them. “Why does the river matter? Because it brings us together,” said Todd Roy, the program director and founder of the CRC. “If we don’t take care of this planet we live on, we lose our right to do that. We have to work with our neighbors because it’s a great, big job. Why does the river matter? Because we matter.” CRC is an environmental club, it’s a recreational club, it’s a community club. The club is dedicated to taking care of, advocating for, conserving and educating about the 60-mile Conestoga River, Lancaster County’s river. CRC doesn’t maintain a brick-and-mortar headquarters or clubhouse; it performs its service work in and around the water. But the club does conduct quarterly volunteer meetings at Rhoads Energy Corporation, 205 Hazel St., Lancaster, including an upcoming one from 8 a.m. to noon on Thursday, April 2. “We’re very much a grassroots organization,” said Roy. “We teach what we know. We teach how to kayak safely. We teach how to leave the Earth a better place than we found it. What we do is different. Instead of talking about it, we figure it out and do it.” An active organization, CRC See CRC pg 7
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