Bieler Receives Arc Baltimore Award

Catonsville resident Sylvester “Sly” Bieler, Director of Day Services at The Arc Baltimore, has received The Arc’s Excellence in Management Award. The award was created in memory and honor of The Arc Baltimore’s former Executive Director, Herbert L. Fedder.

Bieler is characterized as a man on the go, always looking for ways to better serve the nearly 600 individuals supported in The Arc’s five centers and day programs that are under his direction. He can tell you the names and something about nearly every one of those 600. He is the first one to embrace new ideas and new direction. He also sees potential and ability in everyone. Co-workers admire his unquestionable commitment to the individuals, as well as his respect and honor for their most basic of physical needs and care.

Last year, Bieler earned extra appreciation from his fellow directors in The Arc Baltimore’s Community Employment Division when he led the team during an executive search for a new division head. He brought a renewed sense of teamwork and camaraderie that ensured the division met its goals and kept to mission. A fellow director on the team said, “Sly literally embodies the mission of The Arc Baltimore. I am proud to serve the people we support alongside a person such as Sly Bieler.”

The Arc Baltimore currently supports more than 6,000 Baltimore City and Baltimore County residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

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