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Handi-Crafters to Honor Krapf Coaches with Inaugural 2024 Community Partner Award
Krapf Coaches and their historic Rover Community Transportation service are to be honored with the Handi-Crafters Opportunity Center Inaugural Community Partner Award. The Community Partner Award is presented annually by Handi-Crafters Opportunity Center to honor a community partner who has gone above and beyond to broaden horizons for the amazing individuals they serve. “Handi-Crafters is…
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Handi-Crafters Launches Annual T-Shirt Campaign, Showing Appreciation to Clients
Handi-Crafters Opportunity Center is expressing gratitude and support for its valued clients through its highly anticipated annual t-shirt campaign, “Thanks with a Capital Tee.” This charitable initiative aims to showcase appreciation by gifting clients stylish new swag. Handi-Crafters Inc., established in 1961, is renowned for its socially responsible outsourcing solutions that empower individuals. They are devoted…
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After Three Decades at GIANT in Thorndale, ‘Miss Helen’ Says Goodbye to Shoppers, Her Colleagues
After spending three decades working at GIANT in Thorndale in customer service, “Miss Helen” Hoffman bids farewell to customers and her colleagues, reports Matt DeLucia for NBC10 Philadelphia. “She embodies love and family,” said Mike Smith, manager of Thorndale Giant. He has known Hoffman long before he became a manager, though. “She has watched me…
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All Aboard! Amtrak Signs $6 Million Lease in Thorndale
Amtrak is signing a $6 million lease to occupy 67,000 square feet of space at a Thorndale property. It will serve as a hub for the transit company’s “ambitious projects,” writes Ryan Mulligan for The Philadelphia Business Journal. The facility on S. Bailey Road will be used as office space for operations and security. It…
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HC Opportunity Center Issues Community Invitation to a ‘Fall-Fest for the Rest-of-Us’
The HC Opportunity Center (formerly Handi-Crafters) announces a not-your-average fall fest for Oct. 22 in Thorndale. Things may be cooling down outside, but its organizers are preparing for one hot autumn day: the Fall Fest for the Rest-of-Us. The free event, from 10 AM to 1 PM, is a celebration of the organization’s participants in…
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Sept. Car Show Designed to Rev the Engines of Thorndale’s HC Opportunity Center
West Chester’s HC Opportunity Center (HCOC) — the rebrand of the former Handi-Crafters employment- and disability-focused outreach — will be the benefactor of the largest car show in Malvern next month. It’s the second edition for Cars for Charity, an event that got the gas in its tank in 2021 from Charles Waterman, Owner of…
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Handi-Crafters Golf Outing Seeks Area Companies Willing to Lend a Hand
The 36th Annual Hankin Invitational Golf Tournament, supporting the mission of the Handi-Crafters Opportunity Center (HCOC), is scheduled for October 3rd. The outing on the links is at Whitford Country Club in Exton, while the outreach it assists is in Thorndale. More than 200 golfers and 100 sponsors will participate in this outstanding event. Play…
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Handi-Crafters Plans Blowout Fall Festival to Celebrate Its 60 Years; Seeks Sponsors to Support Ongoing Work
This year is a big one for Thorndale’s Handi-Crafters. The organization is celebrating 60 years of service to the disabled community in Chester County. It is marking the occasion with a day of family fun at its Thorndale location. And it’s in need of corporate sponsors to not only help make the anniversary event successful…
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Handi-Crafters’ ‘World of Work’ Training Addresses Work Tasks as Well as the Subtle Abilities Related to Success
The career training that Handi-Crafters supplies encompasses the day-to-day aspects of employment: the proper performance of required work, the importance of punctuality, the value of thoroughness, and more. But the work world of 2021 is a constantly changing matrix of social skills, evolving expectations, and shifting norms that even regularly-abled people find difficult to navigate.…
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Paycheck Only a Small Part of the Reward for This Handi-Crafters Employee
Growing up in West Chester, Nina would watch her adult siblings dress and go to work each morning. She longed to be like them. But her disability interfered with a traditional career path. In 2017, she found employment — and so much more — at Handi-Crafters in Thorndale. The Handi-Crafters setting provided her with ample socialization opportunities and a sense of…
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One Story About How Handi-Crafters Empowers Individuals with Disabilities to Live More Productive Lives
Editor’s Note: March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time for raising awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all areas of life and about the barriers that they still sometimes face in connecting to the communities in which they live. Each year, Handi-Crafters, a Thorndale-based nonprofit, helps more than 400 individuals…
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Handi-Crafters Raises Awareness About Including People with Developmental Disabilities in All Areas of Life
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time for raising awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all areas of life and about the barriers that they still sometimes face in connecting to the communities in which they live. Chester County boasts a strong infrastructure for serving individuals with disabilities. Handi-Crafters, a…
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Thanks to Generosity of Sponsors, Clients of Thorndale-Based Handi-Crafters Gifted with Holiday T-Shirts
Each December, Handi-Crafters asks its sponsors and local businesses to help show the Thorndale-based nonprofit’s clients and workers how much the organization appreciates them with a gifted Handi-Crafters t-shirt. Anticipation for the t-shirts builds throughout the months leading up to December, as clients, workers, and staff look forward to them every year. Unfortunately, the last…
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Handi-Crafters Seeks Sponsors for T-Shirts Gifted to Its Workers During Holiday Season
Handi-Crafters runs one of the largest employment and disability focused support service programs in southeastern Pennsylvania. Each year, the Thorndale-based nonprofit helps more than 400 individuals access rewarding employment opportunities in the community and in its Skill Development Center. During the holiday season, each of those workers will receive a Handi-Crafters t-shirt generously sponsored by…
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Pandemic Doesn’t Dampen Support for Hankin Golf Invitational and Its Beneficiary, Handi-Crafters
Earlier this month, 144 golfers gathered on a beautiful afternoon at the Whitford Country Club in Exton for the 34th Annual Hankin Golf Invitational. Although the pandemic forced a reduction in the total numbers of golfers, it did little to dampen the massive support shown for Handi-Crafters, the event’s beneficiary. “You still see the same…
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Clients of Thorndale-Based Handi-Crafters Thrilled to Return to Work After Almost Four Months
If the pandemic-driven shutdown of a number of business and nonprofits over the last few months has made anything clear, it’s that organizations like Handi-Crafters are a lifeline to the people they serve. The Thorndale-based nonprofit – which provides a continuum of services to support the needs of individuals who are differently-abled and thus empowers…
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Thorndale’s Del Toyota and Exton’s ONExia, Inc. Team Up to Protect Customers, Employees
ONExia, Inc. in Exton known for the custom automated machines that it designs and builds for its manufacturing customers. Using robots and other cutting-edge technologies, its engineers and technicians create innovative solutions for companies like Boeing, DuPont, and TE Connectivity. As the pandemic progressed, ONExia’s leadership realized that companies would need to find ways to…
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A Friend to Handi-Crafters, ‘Crazy Aaron’ to Be Honored at Rescheduled Derby Party on June 25
Aaron Muderick, the founder of Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty, views his business as one big family. His operations are headquartered in Norristown and involve more than 700 people in the Philadelphia region, as well as several organizations with special needs individuals who assemble his products. “I have my own family, but the putty world family…
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