Category: Blog

Officers’ Spouses’ Association Donates to St. Mary’s

May 15, 2012 | Blog

The Tidewater Officers’ Spouses’ Association donated $500 to St. Mary’s Home to help replace curtains in our children’s rooms with a design that is more homelike and lively. This group, which has generously helped St. Mary’s in the past, is dedicated to...

Garden Club Transforms Courtyard at St. Mary’s Home

Nov 16, 2011 | Blog, News

Nathaniel G. and Koko, who live at St. Mary’s Home, showed off the transformed courtyard near St. Mary’s entrance to Garden Club of Virginia President Kim Nash (standing, in red) and members of Norfolk’s Harborfront Garden Club. Also joining the...

All in the Family: St. Mary’s Board President is Latest Member of Family to Serve

Nov 15, 2011 | Blog

Vincent A. Napolitano Vincent A. Napolitano, president of the Napolitano Homes homebuilding company in Virginia Beach, is serving a two-year term as president of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children, following a long tradition of service to...

Nurses Week: Meet Jennifer Stephens

May 13, 2011 | Blog

Jennifer Stephens. (Photo courtesy Lori Dill.)Jennifer Stephens cried the first time she came to St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children, for a clinical placement while she was studying to become a licensed practical nurse. She thought it would be too heartbreaking to...

Thank You, Sister Mary June, for 51 Years of Service

Feb 8, 2011 | Blog

From left: Shirley Parham of St. Mary’s activities staff, Ashley and Sister Mary June Morin spent some time together in Sister’s office during Sister’s last day on the job today after 51 years at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children. Fifty-one...

Army Instructors Have Lots to Teach About Generosity

Dec 22, 2010 | Blog

From left, Staff Sgt. Everett Colby, Brandon, Sgt. First Class Justin Hanson and Staff Sgt. Donovan Cooper in the lobby of St. Mary’s Home.  About 20 helicopter mechanics instructors stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis on the Peninsula donated Christmas...