Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network's Project SEARCH program held its graduation ceremony June 12 at Cedarbrook Nursing Home.

Eight Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network interns and five Lehigh County Cedarbrook Nursing Home interns were honored at the event.

Project SEARCH helps students with various disabilities learn job-related and self-advocacy skills in a nine-month job program that then places the students in various jobs at Good Shepherd's Allentown Campus and Lehigh County's Cedarbrook Nursing Home. Participants gain real-world experience and the skills they need to become valued employees for local businesses and organizations.

The Good Shepherd graduates are Vicky Alburquerque, of Allentown and the Allentown School District; Brandon Batres, of New Tripoli and the Northwestern Lehigh School District; Shane Daugherty, of Orefield and the Northwestern Lehigh School District; Daniel Fogelman, of Breinigsville and the Parkland School District; Spencer Freyer, of Whitehall and the Whitehall-Coplay School District; Lauren Kane, of Center Valley and the Southern Lehigh School District; Manuela Torres, of Allentown and the Allentown School District; and Johnathan Vasquez, of Allentown and the Allentown School District.

Lehigh County Cedarbrook Nursing Home graduates were Amanda Knauss, of Catasauqua and the Catasauqua Area School District; Allison O'Connor, of Lower Macungie and the East Penn School District; Justin Buterbaugh, of Allentown and the Parkland School District; Brittany Larimer, of Macungie and the East Penn School District; and Danielle Horwath, of Whitehall and the Whitehall-Coplay School District.