Angela's House
Coordination of Complex Home Care Services and Residential Services for Medically Fragile Children

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Fall 2006 Edition
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Message from the Executive Director

One of the hardest things I do every day is to spread the word of the children in our community that are medically frail, chronically ill or living with a life threatening illness. It is an effort that never rests because we know each week we have a new family calling us. It is a great day when we have the opportunity to link a family to resources that can help their children. It can be a very difficult and long process to both find and get a family into a program that can help them. We have a program that can offer relief to parents as they wait to be linked to services. We have been fortuante to extend additional help made possible through donations and grants where we can assist families to purchase things that cannot be funded by other means. This may include items such as medical supplies, respite care and durable medical equipment.

We continue to work on plans to build a new Angela's House. Our goal is to be able to handle some children that are ventilator dependent and to help bring back kids living far away from their families. Some of these children are living out of state and we want to bring them back to Long Island closer to their families in our new special home.

Our mission and goal to help new families and to build a new home is made possible by the generous support we are getting. I am very grateful the community is embracing these families and their children.

We did have a recent setback. We will need to find a new home for the Angel of Hope Statue. In a surprising decision, the Suffolk County Legislature formed a committee that turned down our request to erect this statue on Suffolk County property. The Angel comes from a best selling novel by Richard Paul Evans.

The statue evokes a profound and miraculous connection between mother and child and helps convey valuable lessons about the true meaning of life to others. This simple story and statue has brought hope to thousands of parents who have endured the death of a child. There have been 60 Angel of Hope statues erected in cities across the US.

Our effort to find a home for this Angel will continue. This statue will be in honor of all parents that have lost a child.

See more information: www.angelashouse.org/angelofhope.shtml

Gregory Cuneo, Chairman of HRH Construction graciously held their 3rd annual golf outing on July 25th at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester. Angela's House was one of the recipients of this event.

Thanks to Our Supporters

Boy Scout Brian Abramowitz from Troop 214 works with Girl Scout Troop 3720 to plant Flowers for their Eagle and Silver Award Projects.
Children's Charity Bike Ride
Jay D'Agostino and William Iaia embarked on a 900 mile bike ride from Chicago to Long Island to raise money and awareness for Angela's House.
Michael LoRusso and Doug Garvey held a golf outing benefiting Angela's House
Nurses from St. Catherine of Siena Hospital initiated a fund raiser for Angela's House during Nurse's Week.


The Association of Legal Administrators held their Community
Challenge Event honoring Angela's House

 

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