Monthly Archives: December 2011

WANTED: volunteers

Since most Matheny students and patients are full-time residents, we need volunteers to serve as recreation assistants, classroom aides, tutors and friendly visitors. Our volunteer office tries to place people in positions that meet both their interests and availability. In … Continue reading

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Toy story

Women Aware, an organization in New Brunswick, N.J., serves families of women who have been victims of domestic violence. Rutgers University students Kelly McCormack and Rebecca Constantinople and their sorority sisters at Alpha Chi Omega wanted to brighten the holiday … Continue reading

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Accepting the award …

We recently posted about our winning the Hospital Planning and Marketing Society of New Jersey’s Percy Award for Best Small Hospital Public Relations/Media Placement. Shown here, Sandy Josephson, director of marketing and public relations for Matheny, left, accepts the award … Continue reading

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Good sports

Two Girl Scout troops from Bedminster, N.J., visited Matheny recently and competed with Matheny students in adapted basketball contests and wheelchair races. These activities are part of Matheny’s special education and recreation therapy programs and also include such other adapted … Continue reading

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Thank you!

The students, patients, families and staff at Matheny Medical and Educational Center would like to thank the Peapack-Gladstone community for its overwhelming support of our proposal to bring Miles for Matheny back downtown. We have always cherished our relationship with local … Continue reading

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A hard decision, but the right decision

Doctors never thought that Michael Taurozzi would reach 18 years old. Michael had a stroke while still in his mother’s womb and has limited or no speech, vision or mobility. When he was five or six, his father, John Taurozzi, … Continue reading

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Holiday Express: just friends and family

For Tim McLoone, founder and leader of Holiday Express, bringing his band to Matheny is like visiting old friends. He and his band of merrymakers have been visiting Matheny since 2001, and McLoone, left, knows a lot of the patients … Continue reading

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Putting a lid on children’s cancer

Friday, December 2, was Hats On Day at Matheny. All staff members and students were asked to wear hats to raise awareness about children’s cancer. Boxes were distributed around the facility for both hat and monetary donations, the latter to … Continue reading

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‘Matheny has given serenity and faith back to us’

Even though Michael Taurozzi can’t speak, can’t walk and has limited hearing, his teacher, Christina Carey, believes Michael’s greatest qualities are “his smile, laugh and sense of humor. He loves to interact and verbalize with his peers and he is … Continue reading

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Michael’s progress: ‘astonishing’

When Michael Taurozzi, now 18, was still in his mother’s womb, he had a stroke, which seriously affected one side of his brain. However, after spending more than 11 years as a residential student at Matheny, there is, in the … Continue reading

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