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NJ Lt. Gov Joins Children's Hospital for Event Spotlighting Childhood Cancer
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno joined staff, patients, families and supporters of the Valerie Fund Children's Center at Monmouth Medical Center for a special event designed to raise awareness of the need for funding for childhood cancer research. Even though each child in the U.S. has a one-in-320 chance of being diagnosed with cancer before his or her 21st birthday, less than 3 percent of federal cancer research funding goes to pediatric cancer.
The event, honoring Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer Foundation was held in front of the Sea Bright Fire Department as part of the Go Gold for Pediatric Cancer Campaign, a joint effort between Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer Foundation and The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center. It was held in September, which is recognized nationally as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Shown in photo above, from left, New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno; Susan Dulczak, clinical director and nurse practitioner with the Valerie Fund; Valerie Fund patient Jason Nasr, 9, of Berkeley; Diann Johnston, vice president of patient care services; Tara Kelly, vice president, Monmouth Medical Center Foundation; patient Michael Rauch, 1, and his mother, Allison Rauch of Shrewsbury; and Carol Stillwell, a member of the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees and friend of the hospital's Valerie Fund Center.
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Did You Know?
The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center leads Monmouth County's first and only chapter of the Safe Kids International Campaign - an initiative to prevent injuries
and save young lives.
The county-based chapter is among more than 500 grassroots
partnerships throughout the world associated with
Safe Kids, the first nonprofit organization dedicated solely
to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury or
accidents - the No. 1 killer of children 14 and under. In
addition to The Children's Hospital at Monmouth, the Safe
Kids Monmouth County Chapter also partners with the Long
Branch Police Department, Long Branch Public School
System, Long Branch Department of Recreation and the
Coastal Monmouth Alliance for the Prevention of Substance
Abuse.
Click here to learn more.
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November Community Health Education Programs
Wednesday, November 7 *
6-8 p.m. * $20/couple.
Learn from a professional baby proofer how to make your home safe. Registration
required. Call 732-923-6990.
Make Room For Baby
Saturday,November 10 *
10-11 a.m. * $50/family.
This program helps prepare siblings 2 and older for the arrival of the new family member. To register, call 732-923-6990.
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Symposium to Focus on Management of Cleft Palate Swallowing Difficulties
The Regional Cleft Palate Center at Monmouth Medical Center and Kean University's School of Communication Disorders and Deafness will present a symposium on communication disorders entitled "Management of Swallowing Difficulties of the Cleft Palate Patient" on November 29 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Borden Auditorium at Monmouth Medical Center, located at 300 Second Ave. in Long Branch.
Presenters from Monmouth Medical Center's Regional Cleft Palate team include Helene Henkel, R.N., coordinator; Eric Wurmser, M.D., medical director and plastic surgeon; Manolis Manolakakis, D.M.D., oral surgeon; Alan B. Gertner, Ph.D., audiologist; and Lauren Buhowski, M.S., speech language pathologist.
During the symposium, these experts will offer anatomical, medical, dental and therapeutic information for effective assessment and treatment protocols for infants and children with cleft palate. Attendees will discover structural, neuromuscular and functional consequences of cleft palate on swallowing, as well as the most effective intervention methods to insure successful outcomes for cleft palate patients.
Click here to learn more.
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