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11 Sep

Posted at 16:44h in CEO Blog

By Gregory T. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Foundation I just returned from the NADSP Annual Conference, hosted by the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) in Cleveland. While there was no formal program theme, each...

19 Aug

Posted at 14:02h in News

The Penn-Mar HEART Committee is proud to announce our most recent round of HEART Award winners!The Penn-Mar HEART Award program recognizes team members whose passion and performance leave the mark of their own legacy through exceptional demonstrations of Honesty, Excellence, Advocacy, Respect, and Team Work.Read...

06 Aug

Posted at 14:05h in News

Joe Ginter hadn’t finished his first day on the job at the new HomeGoods store in Hunt Valley, Md., when the compliments started coming in.  That was this past April Fool’s Day as Joe, 23, noted, and five months in he’s loving his job and the people he works with, who he said, “love me too.”  Joe’s...

05 Aug

Posted at 14:08h in News

By Sue Maras, Penn-Mar Parent As parents, all you really want for your children is for them to be happy. By the time our son Stephen was nine months old, we discovered he had developmental delays. Over time he was diagnosed with high-functioning autism and an intellectual disability.  There was no...

02 Aug

Posted at 14:12h in News

Normandie Ridge, the Continuous Care Retirement Community in York, Pa., didn’t have a dedicated dishwasher until two years ago, when York native Michael Blashock took on the job.As Normandie Ridge Food Service Director Chris Rhoades put it, dining services staff would routinely step in to...

19 Jul

Posted at 20:27h in CEO Blog

By Gregory T. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Foundation Earlier this month while our nation was celebrating its independence from British rule in 1776, I couldn’t help but think of our modern day pursuit to create catalysts...

26 Jun

Posted at 14:18h in News

June 26, 2019 One of the first questions Susan Vita was asked 25 years ago, when she took her then infant son Michael to Baltimore’s Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Down syndrome clinic was, “what are your hopes for him?”  “Essentially my answer was that I want him to be happy....

21 Jun

Posted at 20:29h in CEO Blog

By Gregory T. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Foundation When I was in my early 20s, I can honestly say I wasn’t thinking about a career in human services as my life’s work. But many people I met along the way were instrumental in helping...

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