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Two girls playwith play dough at Community Services forChildren,which placed No.3 among employers with 125-499 workers in the 2021TopWorkplaces survey.
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MIDSIZE EMPLOYERS
Community Services for Children helps
its employees help the community
By Margie Peterson | Special To The Morning Call
ead Start teacher Alyza Commareri reasons Community Services placed No. 3 among Community
contractedCOVID-19aroundThanks- employerswith125-499workersinthe2021TopWork-
giving and had to quarantine, taking placessurvey.ItisthethirdtimetheAllentownnonprofit Services The Morning Call
sickleaveandworkingremotelywhen wasnamedtoTopWorkplaces. for Children
possible in her job at George Wolf The coronavirus pandemic has been a roller coaster
HElementary School in Bath. Earlier in rideformanyprofessions,butfewmoresothanteachers. No.3 midsize employer
the fall, she used leave to care for her son who caught Schoolsacrossthenationhavepingpongedfromin-class |
the coronavirus, and then her daughter, who had to lessons to remote learning to hybrid models and back Founded: 1981
quarantine after exposure at a dance class. Commare- againasviruscasesfluctuate. Ownership:Nonprofit
ri’s employer, Community Services for Children, was CommunityServicesforChildrenhasdoneadmirably Sector:Nonprofit
supportivethroughallofit. tryingtonavigatethatturmoil,accordingtoemployees. Employees:401
“I definitely feel like during the pandemic, I never CSCoperatesearlychildhoodeducationprogramsinthe Thursday, June 24, 2021
had a financial impact,” Commareri said. “They were Lehigh Valley, including Head Start, Early Head Start Website:
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needed.”
That kind of support and flexibility is among the Turn to Children, Page 24
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