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

PROUD PARTNER WITH THE LANCASTER UNITED WAY

PARTNERS:
Wellspan Ephrata Hospital | Lancaster General Women and Babies | Cocalico School District | Ephrata Area School District
Conestoga Valley School District | Manheim Township School District | School District of Lancaster | Lampeter-Strasburg School District
Manheim Central School District | Pequea Valley School District  |  Eastern Lancaster County School District | Warwick School District
Solanco School District | Columbia School District | Hempfield School District | Donegal School District | Elizabethtown Area School District | Early Childhood Innovative Connections |
Community Action Partnership

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