On April 4, DOC Statewide Veterans Coordinator Ryan Yoder participated with employees from the DOC's Bureau of Community Corrections and Allentown District Parole staff in providing lunch at the Veteran's Making a Difference Program in Reading, Pa. Staff provided food items such as hot dogs cooked on the grill, sauerkraut, macaroni salad, potato salad, chips, cookies and beverages.
Helping to organize the day's activities were BCC Director Daniel McIntyre, BCC Region 2 Director Christy Ulrich and CFC Jerome Koerner.
Employees who participated in the day of giving back were Parole Agents Natisha Hickson, Juanita Morales, Kathy Bolonski and Lisa Parrott; Region 2 Contract Facility Coordinators Rita Pepaj, Marisa Millet and Jerome Koerner; Lieutenants James Vance and Robert Motto, from the Management Operations Center; PBPP Deputy District Director Eric Pennypacker; Wernersville CCC Monitor Brandon Savarese; York CCC Director Lisa Faulkner; and Director of Probation and Parole Services Richard Podguski.