Category: Blog

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Apr 16, 2010 | Blog

Photos of the Sensory Garden at St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children in Norfolk were featured yesterday in The Beacon, The Virginian-Pilot’s tab for residents in nearby Virginia Beach. The Junior Virginia Beach Garden Club funded the garden, and the...

Our Own Cherry Blossom Festival

Apr 12, 2010 | Blog

The grounds at St. Mary’s Home are particularly lovely in the spring, and children like Jahmari love to go outside.

Donor Spotlight: The Mermaids Meet the Mermaid

Jan 5, 2010 | Blog

The Ocean View Mermaids pose with Mary Helen Hilton, St. Mary’s director of annual giving, fourth from left, next to St. Mary’s new mermaid statue. For two years in a row, the Ocean View Women’s Golf Association has supported St. Mary’s Home...

St. Mary’s Own Elf

Dec 21, 2009 | Blog, Services

(bottom photo by Weyo) The hall outside the Occupational Therapy Support Services Department at St. Mary’s Home is decorated like Santa’s Workshop. Inside the department, technician Mamie McCloud is busy as one of Santa’s elves, especially at this...

Someday at Christmas …

Dec 18, 2009 | Blog

There are many longstanding holiday traditions at St. Mary’s Home, and one of the favorites has come to be the annual visit by the singing group of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District. District employees donated gifts to the nearly 90...

St. Mary’s Mermaid Unveiled

Oct 25, 2009 | Blog

A mermaid created for the children of St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children made her debut Saturday at St. Mary’s donor reception. The mermaid will arrive at the Home on Monday at 1 p.m.