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Going Green at St. Mary’s Home

Workers from J.D. Baker & Sons prepare to pour a concrete slab that will be used for a recycling area at St. Mary’s Home.Recycling is about to get easier at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children.While many employees already recycle their newspapers,...

Thank You, and Goodbye

Carla Aquino, St. Mary’s chief of nursing, left, with her mother, primary nurse Cora Culabutan, who recently retired from St. Mary’s after 18 years. Housekeeper Lovine White, who also just retired, after 10 years of service. They came from different...

Artist Brightens St. Mary’s Home with Playful Paintings

Shirley Burnette with one of her paintings newly installed at St. Mary’s Home. By Chelsie Williamsmarketing communications internOnce-bare walls of St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children now are lively with bright paintings by Virginia Beach artist Shirley...

Run, Swim, Run

“Take a bunch of athletes with hearts big to bursting, add in children & young adults with disabilities who couldn’t participate in a race on their own, throw in jogging strollers, inflatable boats, lots of planning and even more determination, and the...

Nurturing the Spirit

Children of St. Mary’s attend a church service. (Photo by Kathy Brobst.) St. Mary’s Home is a nurturing place. The staff do a wonderful job of taking care of the children and young adults who live at the home. Kathy Brobst, a physical therapist assistant,...

Congratulations, Nancy. We’ll Miss You.

Nancy Mitchell, in yellow, with members of the housekeeping staff at St. Mary’s Home, during today’s party in Mitchell’s honor. St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children opened its current building more than five years ago, but the facility still...