Welcome Ellery Spahr, OAR’s fall programs and outreach intern. Spahr started September 4 and will work at OAR through the semester until December 3. Her primary responsibilities are managing social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) and drafting articles for The OARacle. She spent some time at the beginning of the school year reaching out to…
Kristen Essex joined OAR at the beginning of October as business manager. She looks forward to working with OAR in “most aspects of the day-to-day management of the organization,” including helping out with grant writing and other fundraising initiatives. She is already at work on ideas for the annual campaign. Essex was previously the publisher…
Grace Thomas and Emily Branham joined OAR this summer as RUN FOR AUTISM coordinators. Branham will work as a traditional coordinator. The traditional coordinator works with OAR’s established charity running programs, including the Marine Corps, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Marathons. Thomas will be the first coordinator whose primary focus is the iRUN program, which allows runners…
OAR summer interns Lindsay Owen and Connery O’Brien wrapped up their two-month internships on July 31, grateful for the opportunity to contribute to a nonprofit organization that focuses on autism. “I was drawn to OAR and the OAR internship program because of the amazing work that they do and getting to experience a unique organization…
In February, OAR welcomed two interns to its offices. Clark Hilliard, a graduate of Monmouth College in Illinois, will be at OAR through May, and Katherine Rios, currently a senior at George Mason University in Virginia, is an OAR veteran, having worked as an intern at OAR last spring. Kat, as she is known, returned,…
Throughout the weeks leading up to April, we asked you to get involved in helping OAR support individuals with autism one family, school, and community at a time. Collectively, our supporters responded in a big way. OAR will provide a full update in the May issue of The OARacle, but here is a brief snapshot…
Kimberly Ha and Wendy McKinnon recently joined OAR as programs and outreach associates. Both have backgrounds in education. Ha has a master’s degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania and came to OAR from a teaching job with Teach for America in Philadelphia. She was a high school special education teacher, and taught some…
Sometime in the past year, someone has run her first 5K and raised money for OAR. A RUN veteran ran his annual marathon for OAR after spending weeks reaching out to family, friends, and colleagues for pledges to support OAR. A TRI FOR AUTISM team member persevered through a triathlon for OAR while another took…
Scott Lillard recently joined the staff for a two and a half month internship that will conclude at the end of October. He came to OAR from Memphis, Tenn., after graduating with a master’s degree in history from Case Western Reserve University in the spring of 2013 and working abroad as a civilian for the…
OAR recently welcomed a new member to its Board of Directors. Tom Stanek is a proud member of the RUN FOR AUTISM team and father of a young adult son with Asperger Syndrome. In 2003, he and his wife, Kathie, were looking for a reputable charity and found OAR. At the time, their son, Matt,…
