Meet the Team

Plant the Seed of Learning provides resources for families with children ages birth to 4.
Our goal is to educate families about brain development and the importance of education beginning at birth.

  • Crystal Loose
    Crystal Loose Director/Founder of Plant the Seed of Learning, Assistant Professor of Early and Middle Grades - West Chester University
  • Kathie Singer
    Kathie Singer Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
  • Meredith Bailey
    Meredith Bailey Family and Community Outreach Specialist
  • Elizabeth Edwards
    Elizabeth Edwards Elementary Principal, Manheim Township School District
  • Johanna Rodgers
    Johanna Rodgers Labor and Delivery Nurse, Women and Babies Hospital
  • Angela Germer
    Angela Germer Community Action Partnership
  • David Trout
    David Trout School Counselor- Wilson School District
  • Lauren Menapace
    Lauren Menapace Early Childhood Coordinator, Lamper-Strasburg School District
  • Alice Irwin
    Alice Irwin Eastern Lancaster County, Pre-K Literacy Specialist
  • Sharon Schaefer
    Sharon Schaefer Principal - Manheim Township School District

Thank you for our current and previous funders:

 THE LANCASTER UNITED WAY, LANCASTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION

PARTNERS:
Wellspan Ephrata Hospital | Lancaster General Women and Babies | School Districts in Lancaster County

GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEAD START WITH PLANT THE SEED OF LEARNING