Memories

EHCA has touched many lives over the past century, including orphaned babies, countless staff, board members, volunteers, people with disabilities, their families, donors, and the community at large.  Here is a collection of some memories that you have shared with us!

Do you have a memory that you would like added here?  Please call Emily at (724) 859-0550 to share your special story about EHCA!

"Still today, when I go by the area of what was the Erie Infants Home, I look up at it with a smil.  I don't remember it, but I know it played a part in my life, and it was there when I neeed it."

-Faith Kowle

"In the days when the EHCA was still Erie Homes for Children and Youth I had an experience I will always remember.  I was walking down the hall from the residents' section of the building heading for the administrative offices.  Billy was heading the other way in his wheel chair. I stopped and chatted with him for a few minutes. Billy was using a voice communicator, which was cutting edge at the time. It allowed him to ‘talk’ by tapping pictures on the screen much like today's iPads, just a little bigger, heavier and much more expensive. As I walked on and was just about to turn the corner to the offices, I could hear Billy's ‘voice,’ so I turned.  He was smiling and saying ‘I love you.’ It brought tears to my eyes that day and every time I think about it.”

-Eileen Stankovich, former employee talking of Bill Melius, still a resident today

" I went to an institution up in Laurelton, and I didn't like it there."
-Frances Mokwa, former resident