Beginning in September, Life Skills students at the Annville-Cleona Secondary School have been getting the opportunity to gain real-life skills and experience in the service world by serving others in the school’s Dutchmen Loft coffee shop. The valuable skills learned by the Life Skills students are aimed at making them employable in the future. Learning the wide range of skills inherent to operating a business has been of great benefit to student participants. The program was begun at Annville-Cleona through the school district’s Dutchmen Education Foundation and its Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program, which secured a donation from the Heritage Poultry Management System. Currently, the Loft serves a variety of flavors of hot coffee, iced coffees, and hot tea, as well as iced tea, iced mint tea, hot chocolate, bottled water, and a variety of snacks including Nutri-Grain bars, white cheddar popcorn, and pretzels.