Category: Stories of Impact

LANCASTER WORKS SELECTED AS 2019 “BEST FOR THE WORLD” HONOREE ASSETS’ for-profit social enterprise employment agency, Lancaster Works, has already worked its way to the top ten percent of all Certified B […]

Written by Alex Vazquez, Credit Analyst & Financial Coach at ASSETS For many of us, our credit score doesn’t begin to cross our minds until we become adults. Then, we […]

It’s usually evident when someone moves beyond simply working to finding and living out his or her true vocation. An undercurrent of purpose and passion runs just under the surface […]

By the time she arrived for her interview for this story, LaShonda Whitaker had already been in not one, but two fender benders—neither of which were her fault. LaShonda’s car […]

Written by Alex Vazquez, Credit Analyst & Financial Coach at ASSETS Finance isn’t a “sexy” subject. Even if we put finance in a fancy box, decorate it with nice wrapping […]

Written by Alex Vazquez, ASSETS’ Credit Analyst and Financial Coach As a child, I remember asking my parents every time we went to the store if they could buy me […]

Neither Jesse Pellman nor Mike Stoner look old enough to have co-owned a business for over a decade, but their easy manner and obvious expertise in the field belie their […]

Yvette Maldonado is a professional in every sense of the word. That isn’t to say she’s all business. In fact, as soon as she starts talking about her work, her […]

Are you ready to expand the way Central Pennsylvania does business? ASSETS’ 2019 Great Social Enterprise Pitch is bigger and better, so now is the time to turn your idea […]

After 18 months serving as Interim Co-Executive Directors at ASSETS, a local nonprofit focused on transforming the community through ethical business, Tina Campbell and Jonathan Coleman accepted the offer to […]