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A leader in serving
By Lititz Record
Lititz Record Express
Published: Jul 24, 2008 2:14 PM EST
Lititz -
Former Landis Homes Board Chair Mamo Dula received a PANPHA Award for 2008
as Trustee of the Year. Dula was selected from nominees across Pennsylvania
for the award for many years as a Landis Homes board
member.
Surrounded by many of his family members, Dula received the
award at the PANPHA Annual Conference in Hershey in late June. PANPHA
— An Association of Nonprofit Senior Services — is the
state's largest trade association representing nonprofit private,
fraternal, religious and government sponsored providers of housing and
health-related service options to Pennsylvania's
elderly.
"PANPHA's vision is about creating services for
the aging in Pennsylvania; it's not just doing what has been
done," said Ron Barth, president and CEO of PANPHA. "Mr.
Dula's forward thinking has led change and created the future for the
way we treat our seniors. One example of that is Landis Homes' in-home
service, Landis at Home."
Dula, a native of Ethiopia, served on
Landis Homes' board of directors from 1998 to 2007. He served on the
board's resident life committee from 1998 to 2001, was vice-chair of
the board from 2001 to 2002, and served as chair of the board from 2002 to
2007. Another Landis Homes employee Belay Beyene, also from Ethiopia, was
recognized as one of several nominees for PANPHA's Caregiver of the
Year award.
Dula said, "I come from a country where the
gray-haired people are respected. We have a tradition of sitting at their
knee and hearing their advice and counsel."
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