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Fashion Forward: Jemicy School Designers Showcase Inclusive Styles for Penn-Mar Models

Posted on April 29, 2025

Trending at the 3rd Annual Inclusive Fashion Show held April 11th at The Jemicy School in Owings Mills, MD were soft fabrics with a “loungewear-esq” vibe, according to Tina Chan Sweenie, Associate Director of Development at Penn-Mar Human Services and one of the program’s organizers….

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Landing a Sweet Job

Posted on November 24, 2020

Not unlike Charlie Bucket in Roald Dahl’s classic children’s fantasy novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Penn-Mar resident Mervin Kearse found his “golden ticket” to a job opportunity with Wolfgang Confectioners in York County, Pa. It’s been a sweet job in more ways than one….

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Team Member Spotlight: Lisa Heim

Posted on November 17, 2020

Each month, we’ll be highlighting a “behind-the-scenes” team member whose work supports our mission, but whose face you might not often see on our social media pages. We’re excited to help you get to know our innovative team and the complex work we do. Tune…

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Introducing our HEART Award Winners – November 2020

Posted on November 3, 2020

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…

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Taking “Essential” Pride in Work Through the Pandemic

Posted on October 15, 2020

Love is in the air at the Dairy Queen Grill & Chill on Roosevelt Avenue in York, Pa. You might call it a “Blizzard” of love, which for 30-year-old Trisha Conley all started on Valentine’s Day of last year, and is still going strong. Staying…

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Making a Difference Every Day: Meet Christen Rystedt

Posted on September 29, 2020

When Christen Rystedt decided to become a Direct Support Professional (DSP) roughly 10 months ago, no one could have imagined just how much all our lives would change thanks to the Coronavirus. A career as a DSP is an adventure on a ‘typical’ day, let…

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David Lindauer: One of the Team

Posted on September 18, 2020

David, 43, began his job search through Penn-Mar’s Customized Employment program in 2011. Through the program’s Exploration & Discovery process he worked with career counselors and job developers to pinpoint his skills, talents, and career goals, and help unleash his potential.

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Meet the PMs: Emily Malone

Posted on August 27, 2020

We’re excited to be sharing a new series: Meet the PMs! Our Program Managers are the unsung, behind-the-scenes heroes who have one of the toughest – and most important – jobs within our organization. We’re looking forward to you all getting to know them and…

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Meet the PMs: Michelle Delozier

Posted on August 27, 2020

We’re excited to be sharing a new series: Meet the PMs! Our Program Managers are the unsung, behind-the-scenes heroes who have one of the toughest – and most important – jobs within our organization. We’re looking forward to you all getting to know them and…

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Guest Columnist: Jackie Stevens | Deliberate Planning Leads to Joyful Reopening

Posted on August 24, 2020

Penn-Mar’s COVID Task Force has been discussing and planning for our reopening since shortly after the March 13th closure. On August 3rd that dream was finally realized when we officially opened the doors at our Far Hills and Maryland Line locations to begin delivering day…

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Helping People Visualize and Live Their Dreams

Posted on August 6, 2020

By Michael F. Shriver, Director of Consulting, and Kevin Walker, Director of Business Development At Penn-Mar we talk a lot about the power of transformation. Our tagline, “Transforming life into living,” speaks to our mission to do whatever it takes to help the people we…

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