Compass Mark

𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰. She aced her exam (100% 🔥⚡⚡), demonstrating thorough knowledge of notarial laws, ethics, and procedures.

Letisha (L) coordinates our Families Forward program, and, with Program Facilitator Karizma Pomales (R), minimizes negative impact on the whole family when a parent is in Lancaster County Prison.

𝑷𝙡𝒆𝙖𝒔𝙚 𝙜𝒊𝙫𝒆 𝒉𝙚𝒓 𝒂 𝒉𝙖𝒏𝙙!
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𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙑𝘼𝙇𝙐𝙀𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝘼𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙!

Mary Jane co-facilitates our Leaders of Future Generations cohort at Ephrata Intermediate School. She took initiative to collaborate with local businesses to support our young leaders' service-learning projects, and created thank-you cards for all involved.

These students chose to thank local first-responders. Mary Jane truly went the extra mile to ensure the students' goals were met!

Ephrata Area SD Ephrata Pioneer Fire Company Ephrata Community Ambulance Association Ephrata Police Department Scratch Bakes Cafe

It's Build-a-Bear day at Compass Mark! 🐻🐻🐻

Letisha is heading out to deliver bears with their parent's voice recorded inside to children all over Lancaster County. These parents are incarcerated at Lancaster County Prison, and the bear is an important connector between child and parent.

Many thanks to Ambassadors for Hope for helping to fund our Build-a-Bears, which are part of our Families Forward program.

𝑺𝙪𝒃𝙨𝒄𝙧𝒊𝙗𝒆 𝒕𝙤 𝙤𝒖𝙧 𝙢𝒐𝙣𝒕𝙝𝒍𝙮 𝙚-𝙣𝒆𝙬𝒔𝙡𝒆𝙩𝒕𝙚𝒓 𝒕𝙤 𝙡𝒆𝙖𝒓𝙣 𝙢𝒐𝙧𝒆 𝒂𝙗𝒐𝙪𝒕 𝒐𝙪𝒓 𝒂𝙙𝒅𝙞𝒄𝙩𝒊𝙤𝒏 𝒑𝙧𝒆𝙫𝒆𝙣𝒕𝙞𝒐𝙣 𝙬𝒐𝙧𝒌! https://www.compassmark.org/subscribe/

CONGRATULATIONS to AJ, a first-year mentor in our Leaders of Future Generations program‼️AJ won first place for Lancaster County in Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.'s Vape-Free Meme Contest!!!

HPC reps traveled from Philly to Lancaster last week to award AJ a cash prize and printed poster of his va**ng prevention meme. Our student mentors will be tomorrow's prevention specialists and other community leaders. Fantastic job, AJ - thank you for taking the initiative and applying what you've learned!

“A meaningful moment for me this semester was when a student from one of my CATCH My Breath va**ng prevention classes completed an assignment in a very honest way. He chose to write about the five ways that e-cigarettes can affect your life—he admits that he struggles with ni****ne addiction.

He had some good insight into how it has affected him and he was clear that he doesn't want other people to have the same struggle.”

~ 𝙅𝙤𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙝, 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙇𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤.

This collaboration allowed us to support other important organizations while offering the opportunity to School District of Lancaster students to continue the conversation about .

Please help us congratulate Shannon DiCandilo, Chester County Program Manager, for earning our Values in Action recognition this month!

Our Families Forward program supports caregivers of children with a parent in Lancaster County Prison. One caregiver has had a particularly hard time connecting with us to pick up supplies and gifts for her children.

Although her duties lie elsewhere, Shannon offered to drop the items off for mom at home, saving her the effort of trying to reschedule a visit yet again.

The clients served by Letisha & Karizma of Families Forward are often stretched to their limits, either parenting alone, or caregiving a family member's child/ren. Our staff often show care for each other by collaborating to serve the community, while also given encouraged to care for themselves.

Thank you, Shannon, for being a bright light! We know that supporting women and children is never far from your mind. 🌟✨🌟

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱:
https://www.compassmark.org/programs/families-forward/

Gabriella Rodriguez received our Values in Action (VIA) award this month for supporting her co-workers with kindness & skill!💥💥💥

She was nominated by Morgan Schronce, who asked for support covering a class on short notice.

Gabriella was prepped within the hour and at the school by 8am to deliver our social & emotional learning content to students in support of their life skills & well-being. Thank you, Gabriella—your passion for supporting young people shines through!!!