The Freedom Independent Guard and Dance teams were honored at the Tournament Indoor Association All-Chapter Championships in Wildwood, N.J. The novice guard, for people ages 10 to 22, took the gold, becoming the 2024 independent novice champions, and the junior guard, for those ages 7 to 15, placed second. The dance team, consisting of youths and young adults ages 10 to 22, placed fifth and was promoted to Regional A Class after only its second competition of the season. The previous Saturday, the teams competed at the Chapter 6 competition, and all three groups won first place and brought home a gold medal.

Freedom Independent Guard and Dance is a nonprofit youth organization consisting of students from Elizabethtown Area, Middletown, Lower Dauphin, and Steelton-Highspire school districts; Dauphin County Technical School; and HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College. Two instructors lead the program.

Members of the organization will be at the Hummelstown Fireman's Carnival from Monday to Saturday, June 17 to June 22, running the bake wheel and the games. They will present an exhibition in front of the bandstand at approximately 6:30 p.m. each evening except for Friday, June 21. Prospective members are invited to connect with the organization during carnival week. The carnival will take place at Schaffner Park, located at the corner of Poplar Avenue and Water Street in Hummelstown.