The Schreiber Pediatric Rehab formerly the Easter Seal Society of Lancaster County, has provided services to children and adults with disabilities since 1936. The organization, originally known as the Society For Crippled Children and Adults, was formed by Edna F. Schreiber and other concerned community members. During the 1930's when many local residents contracted polio, Ms. Schreiber assisted at a brace clinic. At this time, the Rotary Club of Lancaster brought an orthopedic surgeon to Lancaster several times a year to treat and prescribe braces for those children crippled by polio. In 1936, Ms. Schreiber became the first executive director of the new organization. The organization affiliated with the Pennsylvania Easter Seal Society in 1947, and continued to expand to meet the growing needs of the Lancaster community. Ms. Schreiber retired in 1967 after three decades devoted to working with people with special needs.

During the late 1980's, the organization focused its efforts on specialized pediatric therapy services and preschool programs for infants, children and adolescents with developmental delays and physical disabilities. In October 1994, the organization disaffiliated from the Pennsylvania and National Easter Seal Societies in an effort to maintain local autonomy over its programs and resources, ensuring that children with disabilities in the Lancaster County area would receive the highest quality of services.

In 2005, the Center launched a Capital Campaign to raise money to expand the facility by 14,000 square feet. Construction began on October 3, 2005, with an open house shortly following in June of 2006.  The expansion has added the following features: on-site recreational program space, larger physical and occupational therapy gyms, a therapeutic swimming pool, activities of daily living area, and meeting areas for staff and visitors. The additions to the Center are now more effectively treating the nearly 4,000 children striving to expand their capabilities. The Schreiber Center is under the leadership of William F. Jefferson, President, and continues to offer premier pediatric rehabilitation services to help children turn their disabilities into abilities everyday.     

2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

• Chairman - David R. Campbell, David R. Campbell & Assoc., LLC
• 1st Vice Chairman - Stephen Riley, Murray Risk Management & Insurance
• 2nd Vice Chairman - Elaine Box, ITT Corporation
• Treasurer - Kenneth Buchmann, PNC Institutional Investments
• Secretary - Carolyn Carlson, Lancaster General Services
• Dawn Allen, Susquehanna Bank
• James M. Darby, Labor Arbitrator & Mediator
• Christine Edgell, Historic Revere Tavern
• R. Edward Gordon, Wohlsen Construction Company
• Jon Hill, Susquehanna Bank
• Ruth Hudale, Lancaster General Services
• Shakthi M. Kumar, M.D., Lancaster Pediatric Associates
• Holly M. Kutz, Murray Risk Management & Insurance
• Robyn Berg Lazarus, David R. Campbell & Assoc., LLC
• Joseph Legenstein, Certified Carpet
• Carol Roland, Trout, Ebersole & Groff
• Andrew Scheid, The Jay Group
• Susanne W. Shand, Community Volunteer
• Ralph Sherriff, Community Volunteer
• Reid C. Spangler, Heritage Insurance Associates, Inc.
• Richard Wolman, Re/Max Assoc of Lancaster

Honorary Board Members

• Perry Argires, M.D., Community Volunteer
• Eric N. Athey, Kegel, Kelin, Almy and Grimm LLP
• Jeffrey Bankert, Fulton Bank
• Lisa H. Campbell, Scheffy Integrated Marketing
• Rose Ann Candiello, community volunteer
• Mark Fitzgerald, High Associates Ltd.
• Joseph Frank, community volunteer
• Harold E. Gainer, Jr., Community Volunteer
• Jeffery C. Gisslin, All-Size Corrugated Products
• Douglas Hartman, Community Volunteer
• John Hatch, Community Volunteer
• Louise Hatch, Community Volunteer
• Kendall Keech Hunsicker, Willow Valley Retirement Communities
• Frank J. Kenavan, Community Volunteer
• Christy Lapp, C.R. Lapp's Family Restaurant
• Stephen Lazun, Barley Snyder LLC
• Charles R. Manners, Godfrey Advertising
• C. Clair McCormick, P. Lebzelter & Son
• Caroline Nunan, Community Volunteer
• Scott K. Oberholtzer, Esq., Attorney at Law
• David Polin, M.D., Medical Rehabilitation Associates, Ltd.
• Theodore W. Schell, Community Volunteer
• Deborah Shope, Childcraft Education Corp.
• Robert K. Shope, Beard Miller Company
• Mark Simeral, Simeral Construction Company
• Charles H. Simms, Jr., PNC Bank
• Robert Walter, Wilmington Trust Wealth Advisory Services