Monday, August 13, 2012
Join dozens of companies, organizations in New Jersey and participate in Miracle Jeans Day, which will benefit Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, among others.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
On Wednesday, Sept. 12, something unusual will happen. Employees from businesses around the state will wear jeans to donate money and support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a national charity that raises funds for children’s hospitals. Children’s Specialized Hospital, the nation’s largest provider of rehabilitative care for children with special needs, is the northern and central New Jersey beneficiary. But a national network of supporters will also go casual for kids and individually donate to make a difference in the lives of children throughout their communities. Miracle Jeans Day was created by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals as a fun way for companies and employees to support their local children’s hospital. Participating …
Friday, August 10, 2012
Safe Kids Union County, located at Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, donates bike helmets to Salvation Army
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Safe Kids Union County, located at Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, donated 60 bike helmets and packets of safety information to the Plainfield Salvation Army for distribution at their give-a-way event, “Christmas in July,” on July 25. Bike helmets reduce the risk of severe brain injury by 88 percent. Susan Driscoll, community educator and coordinator of Safe Kids Union County at Children’s Specialized Hospital, urges parents to talk to their children and family members about the importance of wearing a bike helmet from the time they first start riding a tricycle through adulthood. As the children get older and begin to ride in the street and in traffic, the risk of injury increases. New Jersey law requires everyone under …
Teens from Children's Specialized Hospital's Kohl's Friday Night Fever spent some time at the shore in July.
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Along with volunteers from Kohl’s, teens from Children’s Specialized Hospital’s Kohl’s Friday Night Fever (FNF) program—a monthly recreational group—spent July 14 down the shore. “Shore Dreams For Kids” is a day that the teens look forward to every year. Teens enjoyed some good music, food, games, and a train ride. The FNF group members even received some cool beach bags with towels and fans. But the highlight is that everyone gets to ride on a power boat! All of this is fun is sponsored by the Shore Dreams For Kids non-profit organization, www.shoredreamsforkids.org/. Children’s Specialized Hospital is the preeminent provider of rehabilitation services for children with special needs. The hospital serves children affected by brain injury…
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Children's Specialized Hospital — with a location in Mountainside —will benefit from a special promotion by Dairy Queen on July 26.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Sometimes a cold treat can give you a very warm feeling. That'll be the case on July 26 when Dairy Queen will be teaming with Children's Specialized Hospital to offer delicious frozen treats to help children in need as part of the sixth annual Miracle Treat Day. On that day, $1 or more from every Blizzard sold at participating locations will be donated by Dairy Queen to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a charity that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada. Proceeds from the sale of Blizzards at the following participating locations in New Jersey will benefit Children’s Specialized Hospital. In Union County, you can find participating DQ locations in Union, Clark, Cranford, Rahway, Linden, …
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
This is the fourth year that L’Oréal USA has conducted a nationwide day of service.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
On June 21 and 22, employees from L’Oréal USA, based in Clark, Berkeley Heights and Franklin, visited two Children’s Specialized Hospital sites as part of their annual “Employee Volunteer Day of Service.” On Thursday, 40 employees joined the hospital in Mountainside to wash vehicles, sanitize toys, paint rocking chairs, organize the clothing closets and drawers in patient rooms on the long term care unit and helped beautify the wheelchair accessible playground. On Friday, 25 employees decorated display shadowboxes at PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital – New Brunswick. They also read to the children in the recreation play room. “We wish to thank all who came out and worked hard for our kids!” said Beth Anne Myarick, director of …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Next Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation event is Golf Invitational, set for July 17 in Lakewood.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation hosted their 23rd annual Golf Classic on Monday, June 11 at MontclairGolf Club in West Orange. A total of 141 golfers joined together to raise $92,000 for Children’s Specialized Hospital, the largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital in the United States, treating more than 19,000 children with specialized rehabilitative care each year. The proceeds from this year’s Golf Classic will benefit Children’s Specialized Hospital’s newest outpatient center, making it the tenth site in New Jersey, scheduled to open in Newark in the summer of 2013. The outpatient center will offer physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology as well as physicians services and allow hundreds of …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Keep battery-controlled devices away from small children and lock up loose batteries.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
As Safe Kids Coordinator for Union County, Susan Driscoll urges parents to keep battery-controlled devices out of sight and out of reach of small children and to lock away loose batteries. Mini remote controls, cards that sing, flameless tea lights and many more electronic devices have something in common: they are powered by coin lithium batteries, which children might mistake for a nickel. The batteries inside, if swallowed, can get stuck in a child’s throat and cause serious injury, disability, and even death, and it is preventable. Parents should also tell friends, family members, sitters and caregivers about this important issue. When a battery gets stuck in a child’s throat, the saliva triggers an electrical current, which in turn …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Study at Children's Specialized Hospital suggests possible higher rate of Autism in underserved populations.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
In a study with national implications, researchers at Children's Specialized Hospital found that in underserved communities using teachers to screen for autism in preschools and day care centers is more effective than the current system that relies solely on parents and pediatricians to identify the disorder. The research, which could fundamentally change the way disadvantaged children are screened for autism, will be presented this week at the International Meeting for Autism Research, or IMFAR, in Toronto. Studies have long suggested that racial and economic disparities exist in the early diagnosis and treatment of autism and as a result many poor children with the disorder miss out on valuable early intervention. Researchers at Children…
Monday, April 30, 2012
Locations in Mountainside and Fanwood participated in mass bubble blowing.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
More than 350 employees of Children’s Specialized Hospital, as well as patients and families at nine different locations including three in Union County — in Mountainside, Fanwood and Roselle Park — participated in “Blow Bubbles for Autism" on April 26. The bubble blowing was part of a national effort organized by FACES 4 Autism in an effort to break the Guinness World Record for People Blowing Bubbles. The rational was described as follows by Children's Specialized Hospital: Bubbles are symbols of joy, hope and laughter. They bring people together. When we Blow Bubbles for Autism together, we create a new awareness of families living with autism. FACES 4 Autism is a nonprofit organization founded by a South Jersey family in 2002 as …
