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Quilting Comfort: South Shore Stitchers’ Compassion Touches Hospice Patients’ Lives
Community Partnership Highlight 💙 NJHealth's Margie Barham (center) accepts quits for patients from South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild Comfort Care Co‑chairs, Sue Hanlon (left) of Somers Point and Diana Easterday (right) of Mays Landing The South Shore Stitchers Quilt Guild, based at Tuckahoe United Methodist Church, is a dedicated service‑focused group of talented volunteers who share a passion for quilting and community outreach. Through countless hours of creative and thou

njHealth Team
Apr 142 min read


The Magic of Music Therapy
Making Music Magic Music is magical. It has a way of making us feel better. Those favorite songs will bring a smile to our faces as we sing along or tap our toes. For hospice patients, music therapy is pure gold, especially if the patient is like 93-year-old Carole Ford of Mays Landing. A former church organist, making music brightens her mood. "She has a musical ear," said Karen Melita, music therapist for NJHealth Hospice, to that Carole responds with a huge smile and a hit

njHealth Team
Dec 16, 20252 min read


Winner of Thanksgiving Trivia Drawing
Congratulations to Barbara Ponticello of Mays Landing who won the $50 Wawa gift card in the NJHealth Team Thanksgiving Trivia Drawing. Enjoy a treat on us Barbara. Just in case you were curious, the answers are: Philadelphia has the oldest Thanksgiving parade The first Thanksgiving football game was played in 1876 There were no Macy's Thanksgiving Parades in 1942,1943 and 1944 because of WWII Detroit has a Thanksgiving Day Parade that ends with Santa Claus getting a key to

njHealth Team
Dec 11, 20251 min read
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