Articles:

• ELA Group Co-sponsors the Beatty Arbor Day Celebration
• Team ELA in Multiple Sclerosis Walk 2006
• $1,715 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society
• ELA Group Sponsors Career Awareness Program
• Township Communities Days Anything But All Wet
• ELA Group Employee Jailed for MDA

May 5, 2006
ELA Group Co-sponsors the Beatty Arbor Day Celebration
During the week of May 1, 2006, fifty-five wonderful ClearWater volunteers planted nearly 800 native trees and shrubs along the headwaters of Spring Creek at the State College Elk Club golf course. This project is part of our Riparian Conservation Program and restored over 700 linear feet of streamside buffer in this impaired segment of Spring Creek.

This year's event was co-sponsored by ELA Group, Inc., Engineers & Landscape Architects, and SPE Federal Credit Union.

Funding support also comes from the NiSource Environmental Challenge Fund, the PA Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener grant program, the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Western Pennsylvania Watershed Program. Some plant material was donated by Blackhawk Homestead Nursery and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Design services were donated by Ken Tamminga of the PSU Department of Landscape Architecture; planning and coordination was led by volunteer Louise Comas. Special thanks to the State College Elks Club and golf course superintendent Dave Williams for your partnership and dedication.
Planting List:

• Acer rubrum
• Betula nigra
• Quercus palustris
• Alnus serrulata
• Cornus amomum
• Cornus sericea
• Ilex verticillata
• Physocarpus opulifolius
• Salix exigua ssp. interior
• Salix sericea
• Cephalanthus occidentalis
• Rosa palustris
• Spirea tomentosa

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April 23, 2006
Team ELA in Multiple Sclerosis Walk 2006
ELA Group, an Engineering and Landscape Architectural firm located in Lititz, will be lacing up their sneakers to get fit and make a difference at the Christopher & Banks 2006 MS Walk. They will be coming out to support the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for the first time, with a team of thirty-five participants and a goal of raising $5,000. Team captain Lori Bomboy says they are looking forward to the Walk as an opportunity for everyone to get in shape and become closer as colleagues as they come together as a unit to raise money for the National MS Society.

Lori and the team will be following the four-mile route in Lancaster, leaving from the Quality Inn & Suites and circling through scenic countryside. There are rest stops located along the route, and a celebratory lunch donated by our sponsors awaits walkers at the finish line. There is no minimum pledge or registration fee to participate, however, we encourage walkers to raise funds for the National MS Society

The Central PA Chapter of the National MS Society has set a goal of raising $1 million in 2006. The MS Walk is the National MS Society's largest fundraising events. The dollars raised by the Walk each year go toward research for treatment for nearly half a million people living with the devastating effects of MS. For more than 50 years, the Society has provided hope and help for Americans with MS through its national research and client programs.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, unpredictable neurological disease. MS can cause blurred vision, loss of balance, poor coordination, slurred speech, tremors, numbness, extreme fatigue, problems with memory and concentration, paralysis, and blindness. These problems may be permanent or they may come and go. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50. The unpredictable physical and emotional effects continue the rest of their lives.

Studies show that early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can reduce future disease activity and improve quality of life for many people with multiple sclerosis. Talk to your health care professional and contact the National MS Society at www.nationalmssociety.org or 1-800-FIGHT-MS to learn about ways to help manage multiple sclerosis and about current research that may one day reveal a cure.

For more information about MS, the MS Walk, or to walk, volunteer, or sponsor someone in the MS Walk, please call the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National MS Society at 1-800-227-2108 or visit nationalmssociety.org/pac.

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April 24, 2006
HR Director Lori A. Bomboy and her six-year-old daughter Katie raised $1,715 for the Multiple Sclerosis Society during their annual Walkathon.

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April 2005
ELA Group Sponsors Career Awareness Program
Lancaster-Lebanon Science & Technology Alliance, ELA Group, Inc., is a sponsor of the Lancaster Lebanon Science & Technology Alliance "What in the World?"

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April 22, 2006
Township Communities Days Anything But All Wet
Rain didn't keep ELA Group, Inc. away from attending the Penn Township Communities Days, held on Saturday, April 22 from 10-3pm at the township's municipal building. Chuck Hess, an ELA owner, stated "Regardless of the weather, we are always here for our clients". Lori Bomboy, HR Director and Brian Miller, Associate Engineer also held down the fort as they got a chance to meet many residents from Manheim Borough, Penn Township and surrounding municipalities. "It was a great way to meet some of the local residents and answer some of their questions about what services we provide" said Lori Bomboy, Marketing Director for ELA Group. Through wind and rain, ELA Group, Inc. is there for you!

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January 11, 2006
Employee Jailed for MDA
Michael C. Huxta, a Landscape Architect Project Manager for ELA Group, Inc. was recently locked up on at Scooters Restaurant to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He raised a total of $1,330.

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