Elizabethtown Area Communities That Care (EACTC), Elizabethtown, PA Videos

A Community Member's Perspective
"There is no greater reward than the difference one makes in the life of a child" Please take a moment to listen to one of EACTC's community champions, Gregg Melton as he shares why he proudly supports EACTC. #elizabethtownpa

Today we celebrated a group of 35 fifth graders and 10 high school/ college mentors as they completed the Fall Club Ophelia at Bear Creek. One the students asked to speak on why she appreciated Club Ophelia and it’s focus on bullying prevention. Without a doubt, these are challenging times for young people. 33% of EASD students say that they felt sad or depressed most days in the past 12 months and 23% report that they experienced some type of bullying. Students that reported experiencing bullying through texting and social media are significantly more likely to experience depression and use drugs and alcohol. Program like Club Ophelia make a difference. Please support EACTC in the Extra Give this year to ensure that programs like Club Ophelia can continue to be available to kids at no cost. https://www.extragive.org/organizations/elizabethtown-area-communities-that-care #elizabethtownpa

DTRT Dec 2022
EACTC was very proud to recognize these four amazing students for Doing the Right Thing! Each of them demonstrated empathy, caring, and friendship for other students at their school. It was truly inspiring to see how these young people have absolute hearts of gold! Thank you for making Elizabethtown a better community by being kind and caring for others. Put the sound on for some audio from the students on what motivated them to Do The Right Thing. Thank you to Brandt's Farm Supply for being an amazing business sponsor for this month's Do The Right Thing recognition program. #elizabethtownpa #etownschools Elizabethtown Area School District

Today PEP Club students shared their interests and special talents with each other and their mentors. One student wrote a story and had fellow PEP students act some of the roles. Two students played their instruments and one student sang a song. Quite the talented group, right?!!

Go Bears!

Happy last day of school Etown! We enjoyed the end of the year bell ringing tradition at Bainbridge Elementary today. Students, teachers, administrators, and families, you made it through a crazy year. We are so proud and grateful for this community. #elizabethtownpa #weareelizabethtown

We saw Santa and Rudolph at Mill Road this morning! And he said that he loves the Do The Right Thing program!

The Do the Right Thing winners for April are Sara Yowell, a 7th grader in the Middle School, and Devlin Dowhower, a kindergarten student at Mill Road. Sara was recognized for being the only student to help a cafeteria worker clean up a spill, Devlin, for turning in money he found at the school. Head Over Heels Salon was this award month’s business sponsor. Way to go Sara and Devlin!

On Saturday the PAWS...and Think group completed their planting project at Community Place on Washington (CPOW). In addition to the new plants we also planted 100 red tulip bulbs! The kids were excited to 'Make the Community Connection' to Red Ribbon Week at CPOW and look forward to the bulbs blooming next spring. Be sure to look at the before and after pictures. If you'd like to 'Make the Community Connection' you can still purchase bulbs - https://goo.gl/forms/4S6gIsBBL8OqS1ZG2

A great group of Paws...and Think students came out to help at the Fall Festival this weekend. The children who came to our area had fun painting pumpkin, playing games and spinning for candy. Don't forget to 'Make the Community Connection' buy bulbs today! https://goo.gl/forms/dTXgSsriAY88Dw133

We are happy to have dry weather for day 3 of Red Ribbon Week! The High School Paws..and Think group planted tulip bulbs at the HS, then a smaller group went to Bear Creek to plant bulbs with Mrs. Thilo's class. Later today the Middle School PAT group will be planting. All the students are excited to be working together and symbolically planting the promise to stay drug free. Show the students you support them by 'Making the Community Connection'. Plant red tulip bulbs at your home or place of business, order bulbs today at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyAkrtQWlIp2fTJY_POoGRKpVrvpi4a5yg7AjwGCjiFeGgzA/viewform?usp=sf_link