Tomato Tamato Consignments for Kids, Old Hanover Road, Spring Grove, is sponsoring a fund raiser for the Spring Grove Area High School’s Peer Mentoring Club.

Buy any toy from the Christmas in July toy promotion and a portion of the purchase price will support the club.

The July clearance sale, held 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 23, will also benefit the club. That day, club members will conduct a carwash across the street on the front lawn of the middle school from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Peer mentoring matches successful high school students with incoming freshmen who might need a hand making a smooth transition to high school.

Christine Rosensteel, executive director of Rosensteel Insurance Inc. in McSherrystown, Adams County, recently volunteered to teach the Junior Achievement Success Skills program at Spring Grove Area Senior High School.

Rosensteel was able to share personal experiences with the students to inspire them to succeed.

Pictured are, Rosensteel, third row center, and the participating teacher, Nicole Coffman, third row right, with students who have attended the class.

STRIKE back against cancer, there’s no time to SPARE!
By Emily Schuchart,
Spring Grove Area High School

Spring Grove Area High School junior, Emily Schuchart, has created a bowl-a-thon in memory of her friend, Jazmine Cope, who passed away in November after a battle with cancer. Bowl for Hope will be held on Jan. 9, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Hanover Bowling Centre, 1630 Broadway in Hanover. A snowdate has been set for Jan. 16.

Emily has undertaken the event as her graduation project. “I had originally decided to chair a fund raising event for the Hanover Relay for Life team, Crusaders for Hope. After I began planning this event, I was personally touched by the loss of a classmate and friend, Jazmine Cope. She passed away at age 14 from leukemia.”

All funds raised from this event will benefit the Hanover Relay for Life (via the American Cancer Society) and the Spring Grove Middle School mini-thon 2011. The mini-thon is raising money for the Four Diamonds Fund in its fight against pediatric cancer.

Interested bowlers will be able to purchase two games of bowling, plus shoe rental for only $10 during the Bowl for Hope event. Additional games can also be purchased at that time, which will benefit both organizations.