The Gathering Place board members welcome the newly established teen board, which will create programs for youth, suggest design elements and practical uses of the building and act as liaisons with the student body at Abington Heights High School. Samantha Wilkinson is creating a pictorial history of the development of The Gathering Place and assisting in decorative ideas, Hannah Linker is researching design materials, Cyler Cleary is writing a history of the Clarks Summit Borough Building and The Gathering Place, and Ellie Wright will run a free tutoring program for students grades 1-4 this fall. From left, Jim Vipond, board member; Emily Rancier, board member and advisor; Anne Armezzani, board member and Ellie Wright, Hannah Linker and Cyler Cleary, teen board members. Absent from photo is Samantha Wilkinson, teen board member.

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