Angela's House
The skies opened up with rain on Saturday the 23 of April. This did not stop the children who wanted to walk for Angela’s House. St Thomas More Church kept the Walk a Thon going by having the children walk indoors. The children’s were very excited to participate in this fun day. Read More
At St. Thomas More
11:00am – 12:00 noon
The skies opened up with rain on Saturday the 23 of April. This did not stop the children who wanted to walk for Angela’s House. St Thomas More Church kept the Walk a Thon going by having the children walk indoors. The children’s were very excited to participate in this fun day.
We had a beautiful day for the grand opening Ribbon cutting ceremony. It was a very exciting day to see this special Home open. We were happy to have Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg along with the Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio joined us for this event. It is beautiful how the Smithtown and Hauppauge community opened there arms to these children and this home for medically frail children. Read More
This beautiful home in Smithtown for medically fragile children is now open. This is the second specialty home on Long Island for children that require 24 hour nursing supervision. The first Angela’s House was built in 2000 in the Policastro’s 10 year effort to have a facility that could care for children on Long Island. The Policastro’s daughter was in a specialty hospital in Connecticut due to the sad fact that there were no facilities locally that could care for her needs. NYS Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg helped obtain the funding to open these special homes. Read More
On August 30, 1989, Bob and Angie Policastro's daughter, Angela, was born. She had suffered severe brain damage during birth leaving her very medically frail, requiring nursing care.
The Policastros received tremendous support while in hospital but they realized there were few services available to help them if they were to leave. The few services that were available were very fragmented and difficult to coordinate. Read More
