Family Hospice recognizes, welcomes volunteers
April was Volunteer Recognition Month, and Family Hospice, Part of UPMC, recently acknowledged the dedicated volunteers who support Family Hospice patients and family members. Volunteers provide essential comfort and compassion for patients who have life-limiting illnesses and their caregivers. “Family Hospice volunteers are ‘Silent Angels’ who are compassionate, kind and loving,” said Volunteer Coordinator Catherine Zimmerman-Moyer. “They see the value of being present with a hospice patient while providing caregiver relief to family member. They also understand the ...
Week of the Young Child
Courtesy photo Mary Hicks staffs a booth during the Week of the Young Child Celebration at the Logan Valley Mall on Saturday, April 11. A total of 401 parents and children attended. This event was coordinated by the Week of the Young Child Committee and the United Way of the Southern ...
Pennies for Pets
Courtesy photo Students and staff at Penn Lincoln Elementary raised $2,525.47 for the Central PA Humane Society through a Pennies for Pets campaign, along with a district-wide dress down day. Taking part in the check presentation are (from left): front row — Theodore Sorce, Piper Lake, ...
A quiet memorial: German artist lays ‘Stolpersteine’ to honor Holocaust victims
BERLIN — Artist Gunter Demnig carefully placed a palm-sized Holocaust memorial brass plaque into the sidewalk on a busy street corner of Berlin. It said: “Johanna Berger, born in 1893, lived here; deported on Nov. 17, 1941, murdered on Nov. 25, 1941.” After Demnig had swiped the sand ...