Months ago, St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children began working with Norfolk author Lisa Suhay to bring out a new, special revised edition of her children’s book “There Goes a Mermaid! A NorFolktale.” On Monday, Lisa received a shipment of the...
“Do you want watermelon?” Jennie Jones asked Jahmari as Amber Nester gently stroked his hand. Jones then used a tiny brush to paint a watermelon-flavored flouride varnish on Jahmari’s teeth. Nester and Jones, pictured at left giving Jahmari’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
