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Board Members and Staff

  • Stephen E. Sands – Executive Director and Chairperson
    • Helping people has always been Stephen’s passion and making his living as a business coach helps fill that passion. 
    • Stephen has enjoyed writing with inmates for a long time and has developed many long-term relationship with them.  Some of the relationships continue after they have been released and as successful EX- offenders are leading product lives. At any given time he is writing to 4 or 8 inmates.
    • Stephen leads “Walking Your Faith” classes in Perry County Prison as a volunteer with Second Chance Ministries (http://scmpa.com/) and speaks on their behalf at graduation service for inmates who have successfully complete the course.  
    • He is on the Board of Directors of CRESC, Capital Region Ex-offender Support Coalition (http://www.reentrynow.org/) and works on their Housing Committee.
  • Ed Stevenson – Board Member and Treasurer
    • Ed Stevenson was a business coach from ActionCOACH for 10 years.  He offers a broad range of services and training designed to help small to medium size business owners.  His expertise is in marketing, sales, team building and profit enhancement.
    • Ed has a B.S. in Economics from Virginia Tech University and earned his MBA from Shippensburg University.  Upon graduating from Virginia Tech, Ed moved to the Harrisburg area for its economic stability and community values.
    • His professional career includes senior management positions in local financial institutions.  He has built numerous sales teams and has an expertise in combining marketplace dynamics with company goals.
    • Ed brings valuable experience from his banking and lending background. 
  • Gail Sands  – Board Member and Bookkeeping
  • Barry McClay – Board Member
  • Cary Loyd – Board Member

  • Eddie McCrary – Ambassador and Public Speaker
    • Director at 53 W Main
  • John Langel – Ambassador and PenPal Co-Ordinator
    • Director at The Martin House

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Family Circle Ministries-a 501(C)(3)
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80 Brooklane Court
Elizabethtown, PA 17022

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53 W Main Street
MIddletown, PA 17057

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105 Main Street
Lykens, PA 17048

Phone: 717-439-0466
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