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		<title>Handi-Crafters “Making Bling”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Partnership with Jewlery Designer Expands Handi-Crafters continues to expand its work with vintage jewelry designer Lenora Dame. In January we packaged about 5,000 components destined for Anthropologie stores. This included a new task – assembling barrettes – which workers enthusiastically referred to as “making bling bling.”]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Fundraising Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handi-Crafters presents our annual fundraising event&#8230;&#8221;A Black &#38; White Affair&#8221;!  Put on your casual black and white and join us for a fun-filled night!  The night will consist of excitement, fun, amazing beauty, food, live music and both a silent and live auction.  Some of the auction items include a Williamsburg, VA vacation; Eagles and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Win a Mercedes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win a Mercedes classic while helping to make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities! Click each picture for a larger view. Bob Spatola, past president and long standing member of Handi-Crafters’ Board of Directors is raffling his prized 1986 Mercedes 560 Roadster to benefit Handi-Crafters. The car is in excellent condition (valued ...]]></description>
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		<title>Lizbeth Lane and Handi-Crafters Featured on CNN</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week CNN ran a story featuring Lizbeth Lane Gourmet Cuisine and their work with Handi-Crafters. The story sparked nationwide interest in both Lizbeth Lane’s Simmer Sauces and the efforts of Handi-Crafters. Orders for Simmer Sauces spiked and Mike Dernoga and Rid Francisco, creators of the sauces, came in to join the production line and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Handi-Crafters&#8217; 50th Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday September 22nd, 2011 Handi-Crafters supporters, clients, and friends gathered together to celebrate our 50th anniversary. In this moving ceremony a group of the original founders of Handi-Crafters were present to be honored for their vision including, Dick and Monnie Zobel, Warren Strawsnyder, Art Burt, Skip Huston, Rose Marie Andrien (one of original 7 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Krista Hipp brings a smile to work!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Krista Hipp brings a smile to work with her everyday. Excited to meet the challenges that await, the friends she will see and the fun she will have.  Krista holds two jobs. She works at Handi-Crafters three days a week and Wendy’s two days. She began working at Wendy’s ten years ago and is the longest ...]]></description>
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		<title>New Grant Will Expand Opportunities for Older Adults with Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handi-Crafters was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the PA Department of Public Welfare to purchase a van, exercise equipment, and group outings for our Older Adult Daily Living Center. The OADLC, our unique retirement program, has 35 participants who are realizing the rewards of a lifetime of work. In the program, individuals are engaging ...]]></description>
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		<title>Capacity Grant Will Enhance Competitive Employment Placement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this Spring Handi-Crafters was one of 12 greater Philadelphia area organizations awarded a grant from the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s Capital and Capacity for Economic Recovery program. The program, created with stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is designed to improve job training services and other economic development support for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Handi-Crafters Adds Independent Living Services to our Service Continuum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handi-Crafters has taken an exciting strategic step to enhance our mission of empowering people with disabilities to live independent, productive and fulfilling lives. On July 1st Residential Living Options, a non-profit providing independent housing counseling, education and advocacy for people with disabilities, merged into Handi-Crafters under a new name Independent Living Solutions. There is a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Director of Production receives Green Belt Certification</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Franz, our Director of Production Services, receives Green Belt Certificate in Six Sigma process improvement. Doug, &#8220;Six Sigma is a management philosophy that emphasizes using data for management. You measure productivity, defect rates, defect types, and whatever else necessary.  Once you have enough data to understand the production, you start tweaking the production to ...]]></description>
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