Rep. Mike Peifer helped to congratulate the dedicated volunteers at the Pike County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) during their annual volunteer luncheon in May. Total hours of service at the agency in 2012 topped 10,000. There were 39 individuals who donated more than 100 hours, and 17 volunteers who donated more than 200 hours. Pictured in the back row, left to right, are Rep. Rosemary Brown; Pike County Commissioners Rick Caridi, Matt Osterberg and Karl Wagner; Harry Forbes of the governor’s Scranton office, PA Department of Aging Secretary Brian Duke and Peifer. In the front row, left to right, are volunteers Jean Imperiali and Andrew Dapkins, and AAA Director Robin LoDolce.

Rep. Mike Peifer recently attended an open house at Human Resources Center Inc., a private, nonprofit corporation that provides support to mentally, physically and emotionally challenged individuals with vocational training facilities in Honesdale and Hawley. Pictured left to right are: Peifer, Pike County Commissioners Chairman Rich Caridi, HRC Program Specialist Patricia Gillen, HRC CEO Mark Hoover and Pike County Commissioners Matt Osterberg and Karl Wagner.