Pictured are Dr. Robert Olson ’60, president of Thiel College, and Dr. Carl A. Hoffman ’69, president and CEO of PrimeCare Medical Inc.

GREENVILLE, Pa.—Dr. Carl A. Hoffman ’69, president and CEO of PrimeCare Medical Inc., presented Thiel College with a check for $20,000 on February 20, 2009. PrimeCare donated funds to the college through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC).

Harrisburg, Pa.,-based PrimeCare Medical Inc. provides comprehensive healthcare services to county jails, prisons, and juvenile detention centers throughout the Northeastern United States. EITC allows businesses to direct a portion of their tax dollars to support state-designated scholarship, educational improvement and/or a pre-kindergarten scholarship organizations. 

Thiel College is an education improvement organization, providing educational outreach to local K-12 schools through programs such as the Community Building Initiative, College for Kids, Thiel Scholars and Earth Week.

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