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Getting Ready for Her Closeup

Sister Mary June Morin has been featured in The Virginian-Pilot and in her hometown paper in Madawaska, Maine. Now, she’s headed to television. Sister, who is celebrating 50 years with St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children, is going to be the focus of an...

Putting the PT in PeanuT Butter

A salmonella outbreak at a peanut plant unfortunately has scared people into not buying peanut butter. When Soozi McLain, director of physical therapy at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children, recently read an article about how this has depleted supplies of...

Virginia Beach Mayor Tours St. Mary’s Home

Will Sessoms, who was elected mayor of Virginia Beach last fall, toured St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children today with his wife, Bev. His Honor got a firsthand look at areas including the school classrooms, Early Intervention Program classroom, occupational...

Family Night Fun for All

The recent Family Night at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children lived up to its magical promise, with about two dozen residents and family members filling the Atrium. The Recreational Therapy department put together a fun carnival-themed program that included...

Auction Nets Nearly $50,000 for St. Mary’s Children

The results are in: The Feb. 20 auction organized by the Auxiliary Board of St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children raised nearly $50,000. Thank you to the many generous supporters who attended the gala and to the amazing women of the Auxiliary, including...

Mardi Gras Comes to St. Mary’s Home

New Orleans has nothing on St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children. In what has become an annual tradition, residents dressed in green and gold and purple paraded through the hallways today to celebrate Mardi Gras. Staff cheered as the children, like Ashley at...