St. Edmond’s Home for Children in Radnor Township is celebrating a century of helping children with special needs, writes Richard Ilgenfritz for Main Line Media News.
The home was established in 1916 by a group of nuns from New England after a request by Philadelphia Archbishop Edmond Francis Prendergast to create a home for children with polio. Its sisters, known as Bon Secours, found a suitable building at 44th Street and Haverford Avenue in the city.
On Dec. 6 of that year, the St. Edmond’s Home took in its first resident. The Bon Secours stayed for nearly seven decades, until it moved to Radnor Township in 1956.
Denise Clofine, the current administrator, notes that the facility on Roberts Road has a staff of close to 160 to take care of the children.
“When I leave each day, I really feel like we are making a difference in the lives of children with disabilities,” said Clofine. “We’re enhancing their quality of life by ensuring that they receive all of the therapy and nursing services that they need.”
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