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Posted on May 2, 2025
– Funds Will Be Used to Equip 30 Residential Homes with Smart Home Technology – May 2, 2025 Baltimore – Penn-Mar Human Services, the region’s leading provider of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), is delighted to share that the organization has…
Posted on July 20, 2018
Lydia Hurst’s deep passion and energy for her job and for the people she works with at Penn-Mar radiates out through her smile and through her steadfast dedication to a profession she knows to be absolutely vital to the lives of people with intellectual and…
Posted on June 29, 2018
On June 6th, for the second consecutive year, the Maryland Special Olympics hosted an event entitled Brave in the Attempt at Towson University. This captivating evening featured 11 individuals with disabilities who used their life experiences to inspire everyone present to be brave in their attempt at…
Posted on June 29, 2018
Jimmy Dietrich has a dream of starting his own business one day, complete with a workshop, machine shop and office, where he can fix and make things with a staff of close friends. To get started, he said, he’s working to save up for a…
Posted on June 25, 2018
Penn-Mar is among five organizations to be honored at the Reinventing Quality Conference in Baltimore, July 31 Penn-Mar Human Services is proud to announce that it has received the prestigious national Moving Mountains Award from the partnership of the National Alliance of Direct Support Professionals (NADSP), the Institute on Community Integration…
Posted on June 14, 2018
By all accounts Maggie Hutson is one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet, and one of the hardest working too. For a little more than two years now, she has been employed at Edible Arrangements in Timonium, Maryland, and loving every minute of it….
Posted on May 16, 2018
Responding to several individuals’ keen interest in music, Penn-Mar DSP and Community Learning Services (CLS) Instructor Rosanna DiSebastiano has recently introduced music therapy into the CLS program and partnered with the Weary Arts Group (WAG), the performing arts school that is dedicated to the promotion…
Posted on May 4, 2018
Suburban Bowlerama has been named York Sunday News’ “Best of York County” every year for the past 15 years. This honor can in very large part be credited to the independently-owned bowling alley’s staff and the positive atmosphere they create. As Brooke Sweeney, who’s worked at Bowlerama…
Posted on May 4, 2018
FREELAND, Md. – May 4, 2018 – Paul Schiavone was recently promoted to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer of Penn-Mar Human Services , a recognized leader in providing innovative, quality supports and services to hundreds of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Paul Schiavone…
Posted on April 23, 2018
There are numerous, universal factors that demonstrate a good work ethic, and Tim O’Neill may possibly possess all of them. Integrity – check; responsibility – check; reliability and dependability – check; adaptability – check; and positive attitude – check. We could go on. Tim, 41,…
Posted on April 23, 2018
Hayley Krzywulak admits she did not understand the developmental disability community until she started working with them. But she was extremely attuned to the feeling of joy and the sense of accomplishment she felt any time she made someone’s life better. “Growing up I wanted…