Year In Review - Therapy Garden Video

It is hard to believe that 2008 is almost at an end .We have a lot to be proud of! We have had an outstanding year of accomplishments. This time last year we were settling into our new home in New Brunswick, we consolidated several of our sites and we’re still celebrating being named the Best Place to Work in New Jersey by NJ Biz and among the top 100 best hospitals to work in country by Modern Healthcare!

To close out the year, we had two things left to do in New Brunswick, open the pedestrian bridge from the parking garage and complete the therapy garden. I am thrilled to tell you that both were completed in December.

As you recall, the Therapy Garden was funded through a combination of employee contributions and friends and family of our former patients.

We created the garden to add some green in the middle of this concrete jungle, to take a part of Mountainside and Toms River with us. It is also a place where you each could be part of the creation of our new inpatient hospital. Truly, it is an amazing experience to go out there and read the names of those who gave and those who gave in honor or memory of loved ones. One of you told me that you gave in memory of your sister because you wanted her to be with you every day. It is a special garden of healing, both of the children who will receive their therapy there, and those who we celebrate.

Below is a video that the Foundation created that commemorates the opening of the garden and reminds us all why we have chosen to be a lasting part of Children’s Specialized Hospital.

Thank you for another wonderful year.

May the New Year bring good health and joy to you and your family.

Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation's Therapy Garden Video