Vol. 17, No. 2
Spring/Summer 2007
Hand and Feet - From Buttoning to Toe-tapping, they're the 'Every Day' Tools
Advanced Wound Healing Comes to Winthrop
Winthrop Selected as National
Training Center for CyberKnife¨
Winthrop Celebrates Survivors
Healthy KIDS Takes the Show on the Road
Precious Purls Project
Knits Memories for New Moms & Babies
Volunteer Louise Mazzaro Saluted for 33,500 Hours of Service
Smiles for Scott Foundation
Brings Smiles to Pediatric Patients
Smiles for Scott Foundation
Brings Smiles to Pediatric Patients
Golfers Raise More than $400,000 Under Sunny Skies
at Winthrop’s 22nd Annual Golf Tournament
10th Annual Opera
Night Hits a High Note
First Annual Black & White Ball Raises More than $300,000 for CCK
Sleep Disorders Center Achieves Fourth Reaccreditation
Travel Smart: Visit Winthrop's Travel Center
Miracle Foundation Makes
Second Grant of $50,000
Research at Winthrop Addresses Vioxx Heart Attack Risk
Accolades for Winthrop
New Smoke-Free
Campus Policy
Michael Magro Foundation
Donates VeinViewer Imaging System
Annual Swim-a-Thon
Makes a Splash for Pediatrics
New Music Therapy Program
Helps Patients Cope
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Music has long been
recognized for its
potential soothing
effect, and in recent years has gained
even greater respect as scientific
research validates the clinical benefit
to patients. According to Department
of Rehabilitation Medicine at the
Clinical Center of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), "music
therapy is useful for addressing the
physical, emotional, cognitive and
social needs of children and adults
with disabilities or illnesses."
Thanks to a generous $34,000
grant from the Heather on Earth
Music Foundation, Winthrop recently
launched a music therapy program to
help young patients cope with the
emotions that often accompany hospitalization.
This new program, part of
Winthrop's Child Life Program, is
benefitting children in the Hospital's
Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center
and the Cancer Center for Kids.
"Winthrop created the Child Life
Program to address the emotional and
developmental needs of our pediatric
patients," said AnnMarie DiFrancesca,
Director of Winthrop's Child Life
Program. "Our new music therapy
program provides a unique alternative
coping mechanism through which children
may express their emotions,
cope with their illness and master
their own hospital experience."
The Heather on Earth Music
Foundation was established by Geri
Fessler in honor of her daughter
Heather, who passed away in 1985.
The mission of the Foundation is to
establish funding for the implementation
of music therapy programs in
children's hospitals and to provide
ongoing support to the programs.
"Keeping Heather's memory alive
on earth by bringing music into the
hearts of children as they heal has
created a great sense of inner peace
for me," said Mrs. Fessler.
Also a part of the music therapy
program offerings at Winthrop, the
Songs of Long Foundation creates
free personalized songs that elicit
smiles and joy from children and
teens who are facing medical challenges.
Established by John Beltzer
in 1996 in honor of his twin brother
Julio, Songs of Love produces unique
songs, complete with the patient's
name and personal details about their
special interests and hobbies.
For more information about
Winthrop's Child Life Program or the
Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center,
call (516) 663-2761.
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