The Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations is the statewide membership organization serving and advancing the charitable nonprofit sector through leadership, advocacy, education and other services in order to improve the overall quality of life in Pennsylvania. PANO helps charities become more efficient and effective through collaboration, cooperation and the sharing of resources and information. PANO helps charities succeed together where they can not succeed separately.

 


Our director with our Seal

Good Samaritan Shelter is proud to be able to display this Seal of Excellence awarded by the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations. Good Samaritan Shelter was awarded certification under the Standards for Excellence program, which is bestowed only to the most well-managed and responsibly governed nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated compliance with 55 specific Standards for Excellence based on honesty, integrity, fairness, respect, trust, responsibility, and accountability. Good Samaritan Shelter has met, complied with, and integrated the Standards for Excellence into all its activities to successfully complete this voluntary certification program. Good Samaritan Shelter was first awarded this Seal of Excellence in June 2012.

Click here to read a press release about our Seal of Excellence!

Click here to see State Senator Andy Dinniman praise the local organizations (Including GSS!) which have received the PANO Seal of Excellence.

For more information about the Standards for Excellence Program, please visit http://www.pano.org/Standards-For-Excellence/.

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