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AUGUST 31, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 36
Family Fun-raiser Cornerstone Sets Annual Walk-Pull For Life BY ANN MEAD ASH
he eighth annual Pregnancy Resources at Cornerstone Walk-Pull for Life will include a variety of activities to interest families. Among the opportunities to participate will be a 5K walk, a flag football tournament, a chicken barbecue, and a Kids Zone featuring
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balloon animals and a reptile show. This year’s fundraiser will be held rain or shine on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Salisbury Township Park, 750 White Horse Road, Gap, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration for the flag football tournament will begin at 8 a.m. Teams are encouraged to register at www.pregnancy resources.org by Saturday, Sept. 24.
The tournament will feature fiveversus-five competitions between teams of up to seven members. Teams will vie for a large traveling trophy. Registration for the 5K walk will open at 8:30 a.m., and the walk, which will be contained within the boundaries of the park, will begin at 9 a.m. Event coordinator Kristi
Martin reported that the 5K route is paved and stroller friendly. Walkers are asked to register ahead of time at the Cornerstone website and seek sponsors. A set minimum donation is required to take part. Preregistration is necessary to guarantee a T-shirt in the correct size. Prizes will be awarded to the individual walker, and team of walkers,
who amass the most funds from sponsorships. The chicken barbecue will be held from 10 a.m. to noon. Meals consisting of a half-chicken, a roll with butter, applesauce, chips, a beverage, and a cookie, or a chicken-only option, must be prepurchased online at the previously mentioned website by Friday, Sept. 23. See Cornerstone pg 11
Flag football (left photo), a chicken barbecue and 5K walk (center photo), and a reptile show will all be part of the eighth annual Cornerstone Walk-Pull for Life.
BY ANN MEAD ASH
“It’s a testimony night,” said Linda Ingham, Life Awakening executive director. “We are doing something different.” Rather than featuring a speaker, Life Awakening’s 14th annual fundraiser will include several testimonies from those whose lives have been changed by The Gospel Process, which Ingham has See Life Awakening pg 4
Money Talks
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Tenfold Classes Promote Financial Literacy
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BY ANN MEAD ASH
When Todd Capitao, director of financial empowerment at Tenfold, got married, he and his wife realized they were not quite in control of their spending. “I went to the dollar store and got a ledger and started tracking expenses,” said Capitao, who has since graduated to a computer spreadsheet for this purpose. In his role overseeing financial literacy classes for Tenfold’s Ann B. Tenfold director of financial empowerBarshinger Financial Empowerment Todd Capitao (third from left) ment Center, Capitao knows he has and his team of financial counselors help clients gain financial literacy.
to practice what he preaches. Using a variety of apps combined with opportunity shopping and his spreadsheet, Capitao is on top of his family budget and happy to teach others how they can achieve that goal. “We have standard workshops,” said Capitao, who noted that before the advent of COVID19 restrictions, classes were held in person. Now the classes are held virtually on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. and Thursdays at 10 a.m. “We do budget, credit, savings, lending, and banking,” said Capitao. “Those are the five cores, and they are very See Tenfold pg 10
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