Music for Everyone, the Lancaster nonprofit dedicated to cultivating the power of music, awarded $86,024.55 in grants to 47 schools and community organizations.
Candice Highfield loved people, the beach and her Starbucks coffee.
A wife and mother, she was a tireless advocate for the children and families she served as a social worker and school visitor for Hempfield School District.
Highfield died Jan. 7 of complications from COVID-19. She was 62.
âSome people come into your life for a brief moment,â said Keri Detter, an elementary building aide at Landisville Intermediate Center. âBut they come in with such force and magnetism that when they leave there is a rent in your soul.â
Jennifer Baer described Highfield as an irreplaceable resource for educators and students.
âWhen I came to Hempfield as an ESL teacher, I was blessed with working alongside Candice,â said Baer, an English language development language teacher at Farmdale Elementary School. âI like to describe her as a power-per-minute leader with grit and zest. She was a loyal and courageous no-nonsense, optimistic, straight-shooting colleague.