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Posted on August 1, 2025
“I was born to oversee a fleet but didn’t even realize it”  Kelly Lorenzen earned her college degree in art history and expressed her creative talent on personal projects while she stayed home for 20 years raising her family. In 2017 she was ready…
Posted on March 19, 2019
By Jackie Summers, Senior Director of Development Years ago I attended the Penn-Mar Gala as a guest. I would tell people that it was my favorite social event. Now I’m the person who manages this huge undertaking, overseeing the logistics and sponsorships while working closely with…
Posted on March 18, 2019
For a young man of 26, Noah Rinehart has had quite a number of titles to his name. He’s a volunteer, a Special Olympics athlete representative, library assistant, band member, college student, church council member, self-advocate and public speaker, and, as a part-time employee at…
Posted on February 25, 2019
By Kathy Rogers, Chief Advancement Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Executive Director, Penn-Mar Foundation Empowering people to be their own voice is a mantra at Penn-Mar. We talk about this in terms of the individuals we support and our person-centered culture. On February 13th, nearly…
Posted on January 30, 2019
Taking its name from the old, stately manor homes surrounding it among the bucolic horse farms and rolling countryside of Monkton in northern Baltimore County, the Manor Tavern has been reinvigorated over the past few years as a major dining destination under the helm of…
Posted on January 24, 2019
By Jen Skelly, Director of Pennsylvania Services If you are engaged with the Penn-Mar mission, you have undoubtedly heard us use the phrase “person-centered” as it relates to every interaction we have with the people that we support. In many ways the words speak for…
Posted on January 22, 2019
What started out as a weekly volunteer effort for a group of Penn-Mar Day Program participants, at the Golden Connections Community Center in Red Lion, Pa., has blossomed into something magical. Every Friday, for the past six months, Penn-Mar Community Activities Instructor Tammy Beavers has…
Posted on December 27, 2018
Penn-Mar Maryland Program Manager Michelle Delozier can pinpoint the very day she nominated Eric Williams, a member of Penn-Mar’s Facilities Maintenance team, for the nonprofit’s P.R.I.D.E. Award. It was a Sunday, and a Maryland resident who had been recently diagnosed with dementia, had managed to…
Posted on December 18, 2018
By Gregory MillerPresident/CEO Penn-Mar Human Services They say if time moves quickly you must be having a good time (or getting older!). If true, 2018 must have been the best of times for Penn-Mar, a fast-paced year brimming with major accomplishments fueled by our culture…
Posted on December 18, 2018
To hear Joe Ferranti tell it, the owner of Sons of Sicily Pizza, the day Rita walked through his door for a part-time job was the best day of his life. For the past three years, he has watched her build friendships with his staff…
Posted on November 28, 2018
With a part-time job she loves at Flowers by Cindy in Glen Rock, Pa., and surrounded by the love and support of all the people in her life, it’s easy to say that everything’s coming up roses for Holly Burkholder. Holly, 45 and a longtime…