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Upcoming Bancroft
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Flicker's
Annual Comedy Night
November 06, 2009
8PM-9:30PM
Lindenwold
Moose Lodge 2425 White Horse Pike Lindenwold, NJ
$10 Admission goes towards Flicker's Day
Program
(856) 651-9510, ext. 102
Arts for All: The
Language of Rhythm
November 10,
2009
11AM
The World
Cafe, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA
(856) 651-9526
Adult Special Olympics:
Bowling Practice
November 15,
2009
12PM-3PM
LaMartinique
jbozicek@comcast.net
Elizabeth M. Boggs
Center's Fall Developmental Disabilities Lecture
Series: Lives of Distinction: Keys to Co-creating
Community Membership and Contribution in the Lives
of People with Disabilities, presented by Beth
Mount, PhD
November 17,
2009
9:30AM-12:30PM
Mount
Laurel, NJ
(732) 235-9307
Developmental
Disabilities
Workshop: Transition from School
to Adult Life for People with Developmental
Disabilities
November 18,
2009
6:30PM-8:30PM
Haddonfield
Campus (Farrington Building)
(856) 429-5637,
ext. 371
Butterfly Ball
Gala
November 21,
2009
6PM-11PM
The
Westin Mount Laurel Hotel, Mt. Laurel, NJ
(856)
348-1145
Jump Rope for
Heart
November 25,
2009
9:30AM-11AM
Bancroft
School
(856) 429-5637, ext.
360
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Unveiling
"It's our world, too."
By now, you likely
know about our exciting new brand and logo, which
centers on the theme "It's our world, too." But if
you don't, we'd like to share our new identity and
how it was conceived.
Over the past six
months, we have been meeting with our marketing
firm to help define what makes Bancroft so
special. Through numerous interviews, tours and
brainstorming sessions, the team identified
Bancroft's overriding feature: that we believe
every individual should have opportunities to live
a more participatory and fulfilling life. From our
own words and actions, our "brand" revealed itself
as a movement to change the world's perceptions of
people with neurological challenges.
The theme "It's
our world, too" is our internal rallying
cry - a message we all firmly believe. For the
general public, we've adopted the tag line "One
world. For everyone." This saying will appear as
part of our logo under the Bancroft name, which
we've shortened to simply "Bancroft." (The word
"NeuroHealth" will no longer appear in our name.)
Our logo (shown
above) will still contain a butterfly, but it's a
fresh version - one whose wings are also
fingerprints, symbolizing the individuality of the
people we serve and the imprint we each make on
the world.
At the Butterfly
Ball this month, we will introduce our new brand
to the external Bancroft family and begin to share
what we stand for and who we are with the broader
public. Now that we all know about our new brand,
it is important to remember with every action we
take, with each life we touch, it is our mission
to prove that "It's our world, too."
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Butterfly
Ball Coming up!
Momentum is building for
Bancroft's annual Butterfly Ball this month, with
many exciting elements planned! The Nov. 21 event
will feature:
- The public unveiling of our new
brand initiative, including our beautiful new
logo and the theme "It's our world, too."
- Phillies player Gregg Dobbs,
the evening's dinner chair, who will help host
the festivities.
- Margaret Bancroft Award
presentation to Jack and Barbara Tarditi,
prominent community members.
- Corporate and Community Leadership Award
presentation to Joe O'Malley, President, Stewart
Business Systems.
- And, as always, a fabulous night of fine
dining, dancing to live music, and
more!
The
Butterfly Ball is Bancroft's largest annual
fund-raising event, generating a significant
portion of the organization's annual
donations.
Please consider how you can support Bancroft
through this important event - whether you
purchase a table, buy a couple tickets, place an
ad in the tribute book, or just buy raffle
tickets.
Also, please note:
the Tribute Journal deadline has been extended to
this Friday, Nov. 6!
The Butterfly
Ball will be held at the Westin Mount Laurel in
Mount Laurel, N.J.
Click
here for a copy of the invitation and
sponsorship information. Or, call the Development
Office to learn more, at (856) 348-1145.
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Win
a Phillies VIP
package
For just
$20, you can buy a chance to win a Phillies VIP
package, including four tickets to a 2010 game!
Just enter our raffle drawing, which will be held
during the Butterfly Ball on Nov. 21. The drawing
will be held at 8:30 pm, but you need not be
present to win. To buy raffle tickets, call our
Development Office at (856)
348-1145.
The raffle winner
will receive four lower-level or club-level
tickets, pre-game field access, and a
behind-the-scenes tour with stops at the Phillies
Media Room and Press Box. The game date will be a
mutually agreed-upon game between April and August
2010.
Raffle proceeds will
benefit Bancroft programs -- so be sure to share
this great opportunity with every Phillies fan and
Bancroft supporter you
know!
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Pictured above is Marie
Sayers making music with shakers she created from
household items.
People served at our
Flicker Residences have long enjoyed the arts
through Art-Reach, a nonprofit group that helps
people of all circumstances access area art shows
and performances.
The folks at
Flicker want to share their joy in the arts, so
they're encouraging everyone to come to the next
Art-Reach event: an interactive
percussion show in Philadelphia.
When: Tuesday
Nov. 10, 11 a.m.
Where: The World
Café, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Program: The
Language of Rhythm
Description:
Participants will interact with performing artists
in the intimate World Café Live to learn about
percussion and its relation to language. This
performance is geared towards adults, and audience
participation is strongly encouraged. Interactive
sessions aim to connect the audience with the
performing artist, develop new learning pathways
and make discoveries through music.
Accessibility:
The World Café Live is wheelchair-accessible.
Please note if you require wheelchair-accessible
seating on the attached request
form.
Lunch:
Participants can bring a bagged lunch to eat after
the performance.
The cost is $5
per person in advance to reserve a seat. Send a
check made payable to Art-Reach to Linda Miller at
the Flicker Residences at 1001 Van Buren Road,
Voorhees, NJ 08043. To attend, please
complete the form (click
here), and fax it to Linda Miller at (856)
651-9526 as soon as possible. The deadline is
Friday!
This is a truly
unique opportunity and we hope to see you at this
event.
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H1N1
Flu Update
We have
received a limited number of H1N1 flu vaccines
from the Camden County (N.J.) Health Department.
These vaccines are available to those we serve
(with permission) and our staff, in the following
order of priority:
1) students in our
schools
2) pregnant women
3) persons served
between the ages of 6 months and 24 years
4) persons served
ages 24 - 60 who have diabetes, asthma and/or are
immuno-compromised
5) all other persons
served
6) Bancroft
staff
Bancroft nurses
will administer the vaccines. Unfortunately, we do
not have enough doses to immunize everyone. We are
hopeful we will receive more as our original order
was for 1,800 doses. Also, children ages 9 or
under will need two doses. We will keep you
updated as more information becomes
available.
In the meantime, we
continue to focus on primary prevention for flu,
such as good handwashing, increased cleaning
around doorknobs, railings, handles, etc. We are
also closely monitoring those we serve and staff
so that no one comes to work or school when they
are ill.
If you have questions, please call
the program nurse or Mary Salpas, Director of
Nursing at (856) 429-5637, ext. 158 or e-mail Mary
at msalpas@bnh.org.
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Elmwood
Park Zoo Visits Early Education
The Elmwood Park Zoo
visited our Early Education Program recently to
introduce our students to some very interesting
animals. Laurie, a handler from the zoo, let
students touch a live skunk, turtle, snake and
chinchilla. Some students seemed completely
mesmerized by the animals and many were fearless,
touching everything. Laurie also provided
interesting facts about each animal and brought
some props to show and teach students.
Click
here to view a slideshow of the photos from
this fun and educational
visit!
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The Community Services
for Adults annual Halloween dance was held last
weekend at the Coliseum in Voorhees. Pictured at
top, Fred Flintstone (a.k.a. Michael Icovino)
enjoys the party with mom, Donna. And pictured
below, Jillian Berkman came as Lucille Ball. A
great time was had by
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Halloween
Decorating
Contest
We're pleased to
share some photographs (above and click
here) from this year's Halloween Decorating
Contest for those served in our Pediatric Campus
and Community Living programs.
The Haddonfield
Campus program really outdid itself this year,
especially Apartment 3, according to Karen
D'Ambrosio, who coordinated the event with fellow
mom Mindy Maranon. What a spooky, yet festive
place!
"The children really
got into the spirit and put their personal touches
everywhere," says D'Ambrosio. "Mindy and I got to
see some of the children's faces when they were
awarded their goodies. Truly
priceless!"
We appreciate
everyone's contributions for this wonderful event,
and special thanks to the Knights of Columbus for
their very generous donation.
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Wanted:
Santa's helpers to fill Holiday Wish
Lists!
Because of
financial hardships or lack of family involvement,
some children and adults served by Bancroft may
not experience the bounty most of us take for
granted during the holidays. Our staff identifies
those individuals and helps them prepare their
"wish lists."
Because of the generosity of
our employees, local corporations, organizations
and friends in the community, each year we have
been able to successfully fill every wish list
submitted by persons served across the
organization! We hope that this year is no
exception!
You can make holiday
wishes come true in any of the following ways:
- Adopt an individual(s). You will be provided
with the age, gender and wish list for that
person. (We request that you purchase 3-5 items
from their wish list.)
- Purchase individual gifts to help us fill
wish lists.
- Donate money so that we can purchase
gifts.
In this very special
season of giving, please help "brighten the lives
of others" through the Holiday Wish List. Please
call Deb Conner at (856) 429-5637, ext. 273, or
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Pictured
above from left to right are Dr. Daniel Keating,
Dr. Angela Amado, Toni Pergolin, Dr. Caroline
Eggerding and Dr. Clarence York at the recent
Clarence York Lecture.
Clarence
York Lecture on Person-Centered
Planning
About 125 staff members, persons served and
family members attended last month's York Lecture.
The event featured Dr. Angela Novak Amado of the
University of Minnesota, who spoke on
person-centered planning.
Consistent
with our new brand: One World. For Everyone, Dr.
Amado spoke about what the term means - that is,
to help people get better lives...not just better
plans. Person-centered planning is, according to
Amado:
A
family of approaches to organizing and guiding
community change in alliance with people with
disabilities and their families and friends.
Person-centered
supports ask "Who is this person?" said Amado. The
individual's staff, friends and family can help
him discover and move toward a desirable personal
future. We must encourage our loved one to draw a
vision for what he wants in life. It's not just
asking the person what he wants...we should help
the person discover it. We should continually
challenge the perceived truth and build those
connections and relationships in the communities
in which we live to provide greater opportunities,
Amado noted.
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URGENT
call to action: Support abuser registry in
NJ
Your assistance is needed
this week to support an abuser registry in New
Jersey.
What: S2516
(Senate bill 2516) would establish a registry of
caregivers who have abused individuals with
disabilities. A registry would prevent a caregiver
from moving from one caregiver position to
another. Currently, the state and its agencies are
not permitted to let others know when a caregiver
engaged in abusive behavior and criminal
convictions. This would help prevent organizations
from hiring an abuser. Here is a link to the
current bill: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lgildcdab.0.0.7n9pimcab.0&ts=S0423&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.njleg.state.nj.us%2F2008%2FBills%2FS3000%2F2516_R1.PDF&id=preview
How/when: We need
to write letters ASAP to the Senate President,
former Governor Richard Codey, to post the bill
for a vote. We also need to write our Senators to
let them know that we want this bill passed and
why.
- Jennifer Sells of our Quality Management
Department will be available to share more
information on the bill, what you can do to
help, and offer assistance in writing letters.
You can reach Jennifer by e-mail at
jsells@bnh.org.
- Please send
letters to former Governor Codey ASAP - before
the end of this week, if possible, to ask him to
add the bill to the next voting session, which
could start as early as November 9. Please send
letters to The Honorable Richard J. Codey, 449
Mount Pleasant Avenue, West Orange, NJ
07052.
- Familes, caregivers, self-advocates,
friends, advocacy groups, and agencies should
support this bill. You can also send a petition
with multiple
signatures.
Next steps: Once
the bill is passed in the Senate, we will target
the Assembly to move on its version of the
bill.
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One
more call: to fight budget
cuts
The New Jersey
Department of Human Services has announced its
Fall Regional Budget Forums, which are very
important opportunities to let the Department know
that there should be no cuts to services for
people with developmental disabilities.
During these difficult economic
times, some hard decisions will have to be made by
our state government, so we need to advocate for
those who cannot advocate for themselves. Please
click the link below to go to the Alliance for the
Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities' website,
and click on Action Needed for a flyer with
information on the budget forums, including
directions: http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=lgildcdab.0.0.7n9pimcab.0&ts=S0423&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abcdnj.org&id=preview.
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Free
Developmental Disability Workshop:
Transition from School to Adult Life for People
with Developmental
Disabilities
Bancroft will be
holding a free Developmental Disabilities (DD)
Workshop on Wednesday, November 18 from
6:30PM-8:30PM. The Workshop, presented by Hinkle,
Fingles and Prior Law Group, is open to families
and professionals as well as anyone interested in
learning more about developmental and intellectual
disabilities.
The workshop will
focus on gaining an understanding of the scope of
the transition process as it applies to students
with developmental and intellectual disabilities
and their families. The development of meaningful
Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) will be
discussed with particular focus on strategies to
provide students with success, independence and
self-sufficiency after graduation.
The workshop will be
held in the Farrington Building, located on
Bancroft's Campus in Haddonfield, New Jersey. For
further information or to register, please contact
Pat Reid at (856) 429-5637, ext. 371 or 257, or
email preid@bnh.org.
Bancroft is pleased
to offer a new line-up of free workshops on topics
related to developmental and intellectual
disabilities and related disorders. In addition to
offering five new topics, this year's series will
feature separate sessions for parents and
educations professional, as well as combined
workshops.
Click
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