The National English Honor Society had a Talent show on March 12 to benefit Angela’s House.
The students , staff and teachers performed and the money raised was donated to Angela’s House.
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
West Islip High School helps Angela’s House
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The Angel of Hope glows with beauty in the snow
Angel of Hope
A Winter visit to the Angel of Hope
The Angel glows in the snow
The new engraved bricks will be placed by the statue in the spring.
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Hand made gifts for Angela’s House
The group ” Something for seniors” made bibs and pillows for the children
Friday, February 13th, 2009
The Honorees for the Angela’s House Spring Gala
PAT CASSETTA
Pat came to the United States in 1939 from Rome, Italy. He joined the Marine Corp at age 16 and served from 1944 to 1947 in the Pacific and fought in the Battles of Okinawa and Saipan. He has served as President and has held various other offices in the United Veterans Organization of Nassau County and the 1st Marine Division Assn., NY Chapter. He works diligently on veterans’ issues to ensure that those who have fought to preserve our freedom are not forgotten. Pat also maintains a close relationship with the active Marines, assisting them with housing and education and helps familiarize them with the area to make their transition here easier. Pat also visits elementary schools and teaches the children the importance of honoring the flag and our country and to appreciate the freedom they enjoy.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Since 2003 both Pat and Angelo have helped with the Nassau County 9/11 Memorial Foundation. They worked tirelessly for more than 4 years, until its completion, overseeing the construction site in Eisenhower Park, assisting the volunteer construction workers and working with architects and local government officials.Angel of Hope Statue
In 2007 Bob Policastro the founder and Executive Director of Angela’s House met Pat Cassetta by chance. From that day Pat , Angelo and Bob worked on bringing the Angel of Hope statue to Eisenhower Park to honor all parents that have lost a child. On December 7th 2008 we had a breath taking opening ceremony along with a candle light vigil. This project would not be possible without the help and devotion of Pat Cassetta and Angelo Ciotta.
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Angela’s House Name Change
What is in a new name? Our new identity into the future. We have taking out Association for Technology Dependent Children (ATDC) from our name.We felt it would be important to explain how we came to this decision. The term “Technology Dependent Children” was created over 20 years ago to medically describe and categorize children with special health care needs. This term was meant to simplify the difficult overall description of the hundreds and thousands of rare diseases, illness and accident-related medical conditions. At the time it was easier to use this term to help describe the children.
When we first chose to use this term for the name of our non-profit agency, we felt it would become well recognized in the community. Unfortunately, the use of this term was reduced by both our federal and state governments. By the time our first Angela´s House opened in 2000, we saw how well received it was and we also saw that people in the community knew us more from Angela´s House than from ATDC. We decided at that point to use both names to describe ATDC for our home care services and Angela´s House for our home-away-from-home alternative for children. Over the past seven years, the term “Technology Dependent Children” was not used and Angela´s House became more familiar to people.The decision was made to change our name to Angela´s House. All of our services will remain the same. We will continue to support parents caring for their children at home and we will continue to offer out-of-home alternatives for children that can no longer live with their parents. We understand that we are still faced with the enormity of trying to explain to our community which children we work with. Our best description is to say we work with children with special health care needs that are medically fragile, chronically ill or living with a life threatening illness.
Friday, February 13th, 2009
Ancient Order of Hibernians
The Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 3 from Kings Park presented a check to Angela’s House during their meeting in February.
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Angela’s House Gala
The Angela’s House Gala Committee has been busy making baskets for the dinner on March 26, 2009. Please email for any information.
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
High School Students help Angela’s House
Book-in-a-Day is a high school literacy program that encourages engaged reading and writing through student-run book publication. This year two books were written by students “Purple Converse” and “Secrets Are Spoiled by People who Whisper Too Loud”. Some of the proceeds of the sale of the book will go to Angela’s House.
One of the students wrote a poem I would like to share with you. Her words say it best
From the book Purple Converse
Step Into the Poems of Hauppauge High School Students****************** Untitled **********************
I see a little girl with a big heart and intelligent mind.
She wakes up every morning and goes trough her
daily routine like everyone else. She goes to class
and listens to the soft voices of her teachers. She
absorbs what she hears and is fascinated with what
she learns. She goes home to a loving family. So
why is she treated differently? It’s so wrong.I see a little girl who is judged by the rest of
society. I walk the halls of my school and hear the
comments made about people ‘like her.” I walk
the streets and see those who are different sitting in
their own world, all alone. They are discriminated
against. they are seen like the hunchback of Notre
Dame and expected to stay hidden in their towers.
others think they’re dull and dim, but people like
this young girl are far from that. Is it really that
horrible to be unlike everyone else, to take the cards
life dealt you and play them your own way? No.I see a little girl who takes on the world like a brave
warrior. She keeps confidence and courage close to
her heart. She is unique. She is special. She’s a clever
fox who never runs out of ideas. She’s imaginative
and full of happiness. She is too young to see how
some people treat her. innocence and ignorance
aren’t so bad sometimes. She’s my family’s precious
angel: we have to protect her. I see a girl who has
Down Syndrome, and she means the world to me.Alexa Lacagnina
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Christmasville on Long Island
The Christmasville House!
Chris Buckley usually starts decorating in the middle of October to have it all ready for Thanksgiving night. It takes him 4-6 hours a day during the week and all of the weekends to plan, setup and wire all of the decorations. During the holiday season we collect donations for Angela’s House and last year we raised more than $1,800.00 and would like to thank all of Long Island for all of your support. Chris is responsible for everything. He has such dedication and that holiday spirit to do all of this. He says “Seeing a kid’s face light up with excitement and joy is such a phenomenal feeling”. Our Christmas display is on everyday between 5:00-11:00pm from Thanksgiving night to the first Saturday after New Years.On December 13th, Santa made an early stop at the Christmasville house. Visitors took photos with Santa. The new favorite decorations of 2008 is the brand new computer controlled Christmas mega-tree and the New Years Time Square Building.
visit the website to see directions and more information
http://www.christmasvillehouse.com/Many thanks to the Buckley family as they have dedicated funds from visitors donations to Angela’s House.
Angel of Hopeornaments for sale( Angel of Hope is a Monument for all parents that have lost a child)-
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Angel of Hope
