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What Enrollment Trends Mean for PA College Students

College enrollment trends might seem like stats that don’t really impact your life. But if you’re considering college or your teenager is starting the process, some trends—and how to overcome them—are worth knowing about. Enrollment in college peaked in 2010, when...

The ExtraGive Is Here!

November 18, 2016 To our friends and future leaders, The ExtraGive is here! The single largest day of online giving in Lancaster County has finally arrived, and we need YOUR help to beat our fundraising effort from last year. YOU have the power! You already know the...

Let’s Win the 2016 Extraordinary Give

Before you head to your local high school football game this Friday, swing by the Extraordinary Give website and help support your team’s prodigies. What is the Extraordinary Give? Each November, the Lancaster County Community Foundation and its sponsors and partners...

LDHL Welcomes a New Administrator to a New Office

Please join us in belatedly welcoming Amy Ezard Heth to our organization. She joined the LDHL team as an assistant administrator in May, and ultimately replaced Barbara Mank as our part-time administrator in July, when Barbara retired. A graduate of Manheim Township...

How Interest-Bearing Student Loans Hurt Your Finances

If you’re like many college students, you swallow each student loan like it’s a nasty medicine: you know it’s going to taste bad, but you also know it’s necessary. Yet, carrying too much student debt might actually hurt you in ways you don’t realize. Here’s what the...

The Best Tips to Pay off Student Loans Quickly!

$37,712. That’s the average debt a 2016 college grad carries, breaking the $35,000 debt record set by the class of 2015. Don’t let that college debt drag you down for years! Instead, learn the best ways to pay off student loans quickly. Time matters when you’ve taken...