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1908

And on February 21, 1908, so began the tradition of charity and care that became the Good Shepherd Home in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

In 1908, the Rakers opened the Good Shepherd Home to care for children with disabilities and senior citizens, filling an unmet community need — and setting the stage for Good Shepherd’s continued growth as a rehabilitation groundbreaker.

Good Shepherd’s storied history of giving dates back to its very founding in 1908.

1909

Good Shepherd’s Ladies Auxiliary was founded on August 26, 1909.

1912

Papa Raker wrote about it in Sweet Charity in as early as 1912.

1914

By 1914, there were 10 Good Shepherd Ladies Auxiliary groups in existence besides the original group in Allentown.

In 1914, Papa Raker convened Good Shepherd’s advisory board to discuss a new idea.

1915

In 1915, Good Shepherd Home purchased the farms.

1924

In 1924, Good Shepherd opened the first accredited nursing home in the Lehigh Valley.

1929

Opening the sheltered workshop was a dream that Papa Raker first articulated in 1929.

1938

In 1938, Good Shepherd opened a dispensary with a part-time in-house physician on staff.

1941

John Raker was Good Shepherd’s superintendent until his death in 1941.

1958

In 1958, the one of the Raker’s loftiest dreams came true.

1961

In 1961, Conrad Raker wrote in Sweet Charity, “Now a vacant lot … soon a modern rehabilitation center.

1964

In 1964, the program that would become known as Good Shepherd Work Services began.

1967

Three years later, in 1967, the Allentown Rehabilitation Hospital, with the 23rd Psalm engraved around the top of its exterior, opened its doors.

1980

In August 1980, the Good Shepherd Home – Raker Center opened on Good Shepherd’s south Allentown campus.

1983

In 1983, Good Shepherd opened a 60-bed rehabilitation hospital in Allentown.

1987

In 1987, Good Shepherd Physical Therapy – Kutztown opened its doors.

1988

In 1988, a 15-bed fourth floor was added to the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown.

1993

In 1993, Good Shepherd opened the Dornsife Pediatric Center on its south Allentown campus.

2000

Also in 2000, Good Shepherd Home-Bethlehem opened its doors.

2003

In 2003, Good Shepherd opened the Supported Independent Living Apartments on its south Allentown campus.

2004

In 2004, Good Shepherd representatives presented a plan to Allentown City Council.

2006

Two years later, in 2006, the campus transformation was completed.

2008

In 2008, Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a joint venture between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine, opened its doors.

2009

In July 2009, Good Shepherd opened the region’s first pediatric inpatient rehabilitation unit.

2020

In July 2020, Good Shepherd announced plans to construct a four-story, 76-bed inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital in Center Valley/Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania.

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