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Posted on April 2, 2026
Champions turn everyday moments into powerful reasons for others to give.  By Tina Chan Sweenie Penn-Mar Associate Director of Development and Volunteer and Donor Engagement Give Local York is coming up, and this is one of the easiest ways to make an impact in just one day. Hundreds of local…
Posted on February 14, 2020
Andrea Hilbert has been a Direct Support Professional (DSP) at Penn-Mar for 15 years. In that time sheâs supported people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a variety of capacities: through the Maryland Day Program, the Pennsylvania Day Program, as a substitute in the Residential Program when called upon,…
Posted on February 3, 2020
When Karen Mottern arrives at work at Chick-fil-A in Cockeysville, Md., a job she began three years ago, itâs always with a big smile on her face and an eagerness to get started. Her attitude is infectious, and her helpfulness, hard work and dependability are…
Posted on January 27, 2020
A Direct Support Professional (DSP) for over 40 years, Kim Kucherer has seen it all â and probably been in the thick of it. âI was just 19 when I got my first DSP job; a Residential Assistant working summers, breaks, and weekends while going…
Posted on January 3, 2020
Many of us might still remember the thrill of receiving our very first paycheck. For Timothy Moran that memory is still fresh. In late October, Tim was put on the payroll of Maple Press, the 118-year-old book manufacturer in York, Pa., as an on-call employee….
Posted on January 3, 2020
Event Helps Support Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Live Their Best Life Baltimore, MD â Penn-Mar Human Services, the regionâs leading provider of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), will welcome hundreds of friends, families, and supporters to the Delta Hotels Marriot Hunt…
Posted on December 17, 2019
Seven years ago, as a DSP in a Penn-Mar community home, I spent Thanksgiving Day with a new gentleman I was supporting. It was just the two us. And much as I tried to make the day as festive as possible, it didnât quite have…
Posted on November 19, 2019
Matthew Wolkâs job at Brick Bodies is âworking outâ very well, and has been since he landed the job of custodian there three-and-half years ago, through Penn-Marâs Customized Employment (CE) program. Every Tuesday and Thursday, from noon to 3 p.m., Matthew, 26, walks into Brick…
Posted on November 15, 2019
By Gregory T. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Human Services | Chief Executive Officer, Penn-Mar Foundation Far too often, mergers among nonprofits are viewed as a last resort; a desperate option thatâs only on the table when the organizationâs very existence is in doubt. Merging…
Posted on November 11, 2019
Of the many investments Penn-Mar has made over the past two years, perhaps one the most significant has been the organizationâs commitment to the training and development of its team members. While programs have always been in place to properly initiate new team members and…
Posted on November 11, 2019
Doug Rein Takes Over Board of Directors Lead Role as Penn-Mar Looks to Next Decade Penn-Mar Human Services (PMHS), the regionâs leading provider of services for individuals with developmental disabilities (IDD), announced today that Doug Rein will assume the role of chair of the PMHSâ…