Kamryn and Kyara Lambert are lifelong clients of the Home Service Program! Now 21 years old, Kamryn and Kyara have been enrolled in our program since infancy. Their Elks Nurse Dianna McCord has been by their side from childhood and into adulthood as they have worked together through their evolving needs and goals. Kamryn and […]
Devan’s Journey Begins In 2012, Elks Nurse Karen Smith received a call from April Odenbaugh, mother of then-six-year-old kindergarten student Devan Odenbaugh. The Odenbaugh family had just moved to Elks County, Pennsylvania from California state, and Devan was struggling with his schooling. Although receiving accommodations for his early apraxia diagnosis, Devan continued to experience difficulties […]
Home Service Program Honored Child of the Year 2023-2024! We are excited to introduce you to our Pa Elks Home Service Child of the Year, Riley Kandrovy! Riley is an 8-year-old child who lives with his parents, brother, and sister, and has been a client of Elks Nurse Tanya Frable since 2016. Riley is in […]
Cindy Reisinger of Perry County has been a client of Elks Home Service Program Nurse Mary Olley since June 2020. Just before Mary’s first meeting with the Reisingers, Cindy’s father, Kevin, had been awarded full custody of her. Kevin spoke with Nurse Mary the following day, and she immediately got to work to help him […]
Butler County is home to James Yates, an adult living with cerebral palsy, bipolar disorder, and hypothyroidism. James was referred to us by his family and has been participating in the Elks Home Service Program for approximately ten years.
Our Honored Child of the Year for 2022-2023 is four-year-old Charlotte Biddle. Charlotte and her grandmother have been receiving support from Elks Nurse Carol Przybocki since Charlotte was six months old. Although unable to attend the 2022 March for Home Service, Charlotte and her grandma met with us to tell the story of their journey […]
Daniel Dunsten is our Honored Child of the Year for 2020-2022. Due to the pandemic, our annual March for Home Service was cancelled in 2020. He was unable to attend the March for Home Service in 2021 because of his health concerns. The family kindly allowed us to meet outside on their porch for a […]
