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Upcoming Bancroft
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Adult
Special Olympics: Basketball Practice
December
28, 2009
B Team 6:30PM-7:30PM
Cooley Hall
Gym
jbozicek@comcast.net
Adult Special
Olympics: Bowling Practice
January 3,
2009
12PM-3PM
LaMartinique
jbozicek@comcast.net
Free DD
Workshop:
Managing Challenging Behaviors in
the Classroom
Rescheduled to January
6, 2009
6:30PM-8:30PM
Farrington
Conference Room-
Haddonfield Campus
(856)
524-7371
Adult Special Olympics:
Basketball Practice
January 6,
2009
B
Team 6:30PM-7:30PM
A Team
7:30PM-8:30PM
Cooley Hall
Gym
jbozicek@comcast.net
Adult Special Olympics:
Basketball Practice
January 8,
2009
A
Team 6:30PM-8PM
Cooley Hall
Gym
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Wishing you and your
family all the very best for the Holiday Season
and a peaceful and joyous New
Year! |
Staff perform during this year's annual
Holiday Show. Look for more pictures from this
event in the next issue of the Family
Buzz.
Looking back on '09: year in
pictures
2009 was a
great year for Bancroft as Phillies' Greg Dobbs
came back to play ball with our students and then
host our Butterfly Ball; the Mullica Hill Program
took a cruise down the Delaware River on the
Spirit of Philadelphia; the Bancroft School at the
Voorhees Pediatric Facility had its first ever
Soundbeam extravaganza concert; and welcomed the
Elmwood Park Zoo to our Early Education Program
along with many other memorable moments. We've
created a slideshow with pictures taken throughout
the year. We hope you enjoy them!
Year in
Review Slideshow |
Joyful
Noise spreads holiday cheer
By Nancy Longo
Member, Joyful Noise Advisory Board and
Bancroft Family Member
On Tuesday, December 15, 2009, Joyful Noise
presented its holiday concert at St. Mary's
Catholic Nursing Home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Members of Joyful Noise, directed by Allison Fromm
and Cathy Sonnenberg, enthusiastically sang for a
very receptive audience of about 150 listeners.
All enjoyed the sing-a-long. Singers were
proud and glowed with all the positive accolades
from family, friends and residents.
We were
honored to have Bancroft's Vice President,
Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer,
Caroline Eggerding, and her husband, Larry Berger,
sing a trio with Joyful Noise Director Allison
Fromm. Their song, "Be Careful, Don't Tear the
Paper," with lyrics about re-using wrapping paper
and greeting cards, brought laughter and cheers
from all.
Joyful Noise on Public
Radio: Sunday, December 27
Joyful Noise will be the subject of an
hour-long public radio program on Sunday, December
27, from 6-7 PM, EST. Keepin' the Faith host,
Steve Shoemaker, will interview Joyful Noise
Director Allison Fromm and Composer Alice Parker
on WILL-AM580 in Illinois. Brief recordings of
Joyful Noise's singing may also be aired during
the program.
Friends everywhere can listen
live as the radio broadcast streams online. Go to
www.will.illinois.edu and click on the top menu
bar AM580 LIVE. On the pull-down menu, click
either RealAudio or Windows Media. These are the
recommended options for listening. (These audio
players can be downloaded in advance from the
AM580 LIVE pull-down menu. They take just a few
minutes to download.) Listeners may call in during
the program at 1-800-222-9455. The show will also
be archived for online listening about a week
after its live
broadcast.
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The
results are in!
The Pediatric and Adolescent Residential
Program held its Annual Gingerbread House Contest
on Friday, December 11th. Group homes and campus
apartments participated in creating houses for
this contest to win prizes for the Best Looking,
Most Creative and Funniest.
The four
winners are:
Funniest
Apartment
3, "Meat Manger"
Most Creative
(tie)
Maple, "Princess
Castle"
Jenzia, "Crystal House"
Best
Looking
Staffordshire, "Quaint Quismas
Qottage"
Congratulations to our winners and
a special thanks to everyone who participated in
the Annual Gingerbread House
Contest!
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Students and staff
from the Bancroft School participate in the
PhilAbundance Food
Drive.
The Bancroft School supports
local food
drive
We're proud
to share that this year's food drive coordinated
by Ginny Kassa's class - Room 45 - in Cooley Hall
in Haddonfield was a great success! Thanks to the
efforts of both students and staff, many boxes -
packed to the brim with food - were delivered to
the PhilAbundance Food Drive, which will result in
many, many area families having food on their
tables this Holiday Season. Many thanks to
everyone who participated in coordinating this
delivery, as well as those who donated. Great job
everyone!
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Students participate in Holiday Military
Mail Program
For the past several
years, students at The Bancroft School have
participated in a Holiday Military Mail Program
where they correspond with US troops stationed
around the world through the Friends of Our Troops
organization. Our students sent 145 letters to US
service members this year!
Great job to everyone involved
in this important project. We're sure our
servicemen and women oversees will feel the love
coming from The Bancroft School!
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Rescheduled
free DD workshop: Managing challenging behaviors
in the classroom
Bancroft will hold a free
Developmental Disabilities (DD) Workshop on
Wednesday, January 6 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Presented by Sharon Jurman, Bancroft's Senior
Director of Early Childhood and Outreach Services,
this workshop is open to professionals as well as
anyone interested in learning more about
developmental and intellectual disabilities.
The workshop will be held in the
Farrington Building, on Bancroft's campus in
Haddonfield, N.J.
We gratefully acknowledge TD Charitable
Foundation for its continuing support of this
workshop series. For further information or
to register, please contact Pat Reid at (856)
524-7453 or email
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Breakfast
of Champions celebrates some of Bancroft's
best
We held our annual Breakfast of Champions
last week when we recognized 47 staff members who
received the coveted Maggie Award. These staff
members were acknowledged for their noteworthy
efforts and dedication to improving the lives of
the children and adults we serve. Nominations for
the Maggie Award were received throughout the year
from colleagues, persons served and family
members. Following is a list of our Maggie Award
recipients for 2009. We hope you will join us in
congratulating these individuals for all they do
for those we serve. This year's
winners:Alisa Adkins Marian
Allo Jennifer Bates Phyllis
Blaylock Larry Brazelton Damien
Brown Debra Brown Amy Carter Katie
Chamberlin Rafael Cruz Eddie
Daniel Arleen Destefano Danielle
Edmonds Luz Figueroa Brian Francis Rachel
Friel Sarah Gharbi Michelle
Graff Virginia Havens Anedia
Henriquez Judith Hong Amy
Hunsberger Leroy Jacobs Gail
Jones Roberta Kramer Samara Lowe Helene
Matkowski Andrew McCrosson Vania
Mitchell Corey Morton Carly Ober Brian
Odenath Linda Odenath Hironori Oka Cindy
Pedersen Carrie Pope Haki Pratt Robyn
Richey Jennifer Sagaria Jeannine
Schneider Stacey Seavey Sandra
Shinn Charles Streeper Sheila
Walderrama Kathleen L. Warren Deborah
Weikle Click
here for more photos.
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DDD Today Newsletter
The most recent issue of the DDD Today
Newsletter is now available online at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=not8afdab.0.0.7n9pimcab.0&ts=S0443&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2Fhumanservices%2Fddd%2Fnews%2Fnews%2Findex.html&id=preview,
or click
here to view.
Featured articles
include:
- Holiday Express Visits Developmental
Centers
- Assistant Commissioner Congratulates staff
at New Lisbon Developmental Center
- New information available about an upcoming
workshop
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