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CASA is a local organization helping children in the child welfare system find safe and loving homes, and it is in need of donations and volunteers.

For this month’s Day of Caring, CBS 21’s Yasmine Cowan spoke with CASA and our sponsor, Renewal by Andersen, to learn more about the need this holiday season.

For rising college freshman Luca Savarino, life is about finding the hardest thing to do and then doing it.

It’s playing his tenor saxophone with the high school band when he was only in sixth grade. It’s going to Messiah University’s jazz camp as a seventh grader who hated the unknowns of jazz but went anyway.

It can be painful for kids to be separated from their parents or families and for younger children, it may be hard to understand what’s happening to them and around them.

A new children’s book called The Watchful Owl tells the story of a young fox that loses his parents and lives with another animal family.

PNC Bank and WITF, a Pennon organization, announce the season four premiere of PNC C-Speak: The Language of Executives, a podcast that features frank and lively conversations on leadership and life.

Each episode features local C-level executives who discuss relevant and timely business topics and forward-thinking approaches that disrupt the status quo and encourage leaders to think differently.

The Central Pennsylvania chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) celebrated the outstanding achievements of public relations and communications professionals at the annual Keystone Awards ceremony and luncheon.

The event brought together over 50 industry experts celebrating 30 awards given for excellence in public relations from local professionals in the field at the National Civil War Museum on November 14.

A new cultural opportunity at the Harrisburg Academy is kicking off for the very first time.

Seventeen students and two educators from China were welcomed to the Capital City to learn American curriculum with local students.

The academy is hosting the guests all week long through the “International Baccalaureate Program,” a program that nurtures and brings global awareness on the core principles of promoting international mindedness.

A school in Camp Hill just added 17 new students.

Harrisburg Academy, located in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, welcomed a group of students from China today. They are visiting the school this week as part of an educational and cultural opportunity.

The students will be sitting in on classes by day, and spending time with host families each night.The goal is to understand the differences between China and the U.S.

Middle and Upper School students at Harrisburg Academy will host 17 Chinese students and two educators as part of a new Exchange opportunity with the Beijing New Oriental Foreign Language School at Yangzhou in China.

Last December, a group of Harrisburg Academy students and educators traveled to Ganzhou and Nanchang to visit high schools and universities as well as cultural sites.

Mushrooms are on full display at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Several booths feature the fungus. One shows visitors how mushrooms are grown and displays a number of different varieties.

Others offer tasty treats like mushroom jerky, stuffed mushrooms and more.

Mushrooms are the No. 1 cash crop in Pennsylvania.

Getting food at the PA Farm Show requires patience, especially during peak hours, when lines can stack dozens deep, and wait times can be close to an hour.

The way to beat the rush? Get there early.

The 109th PA Farm Show continues through Saturday at the PA Farm Show Complex &