Compass Mark

05/20/2026

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/

05/15/2026

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!

05/13/2026

“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.

05/12/2026

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

04/30/2026

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/

04/29/2026

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!!!

04/24/2026

Executive Director Eric Kennel notes that ⬆️increased access to ma*****na = ⬆️increased risk for children.

Calls to poison control about children ingesting cannabis edibles have risen 3,600% since 2016—a massive increase.

Know what to do if a child eats cannabis edibles. Call National Poison Control at 800-222-1222.

Keep them up & away, out of reach!

According to the Lancaster Township Police Department, the child became lethargic and suffered seizures before being taken for treatment.

04/10/2026

Please help us give a round of applause to Noah Light and Brady Baublitz, our friends at Stray Production Services, along with Director of Development & Communications Tim Steffen—together, they orchestrate the Positive Change Virtual Conference!!

Each year, our team juggles the needs of a dozen presenters and their moderators, making sure three consecutive breakout sessions run smoothly, and that keynote speakers can get their powerful messages across. Excellent job making those processes invisible to our attendees! 💚💛🧡