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nowledge is empowering and emboldening. Information can open minds and lead to understanding that produces empathy and curiosity. Some people who come to know reptiles come to love them. Those people have given reptiles a chance. “Imagine if someone told you there’s this magical, mysterious world that’s existed all of your life,” said Jesse Rothacker, a 2000 graduate of Warwick High School, a herpetologist and the president of Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary. “That’s the reptile world, and it does exist. It’s a very complex world. Maybe if you hear that, you think, ‘I wonder if I can learn a little bit about it and see what all the excitement is about.’ That’s when you fall in love with these animals.” Rothacker operates Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary from his home in Rapho Township. The organization includes a rescue/adoption program and provides the foundation for Rothacker’s engaging, entertaining and educational reptile shows. “Half of what everyone knows about reptiles is Jesse Rothacker shares a snake with one of the
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Rotary Club of Lititz Shares Good Will With Other Nonprofits BY JEFF FALK
Nonprofits conduct fundraisers to finance their own altruistic endeavors. The events are key components of the organizations’ financial systems. But there aren’t too many nonprofits staging fundraisers with the express intent of funding other nonprofits. “Service Above Self ” is more than the Rotary Club of Lititz’s motto. The local nonprofit exemplifies it and lives it, perhaps most notably through its upcoming event. “We raise money for other nonprofits,” said Visitors flood the streets of downtown Lititz’s business R120258
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If children are our future and we focus on their futures, what’s created is an environment where everyone prospers. That simple equation sort of sums up the North Museum of Nature and Science’s new kids’ program. It’s the kind of forward thinking that has made the North Museum a cornerstone in our local education community. “You see that spark of curiosity come out,” said Kate Wilson, the North Museum’s senior manager of visitors’ services. “I just enjoy seeing (kids) come alive with wonder and get excited about the world around them. I love seeing kids learn but having fun with it. We don’t want them to worry that they don’t know things. Science changes. Seeing a kid make a mistake or having a happy accident is an opportunity to teach. That’s what science is.” Located at 400 College Ave., Lancaster, the North Museum of Nature and Science has a new venture into the world of education called Nurture at North. The drop-off program is STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) based and geared toward budding learners between the ages of 3 and 6. Following a trial run this winter, Nurture at North was launched in the early days of June. The second session of the program, which offers half-day and full-day rates, will conclude on Friday, Aug. 29, and a decision on whether or not to continue it beyond the start of the school year has yet to be made. “It’s STEM-focused, which
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