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Contact: Sarra Young
Communications Coordinator
SYoung@setonchildrensfoundation.org
(914) 226-3004
ST. ELIZABETH SETON CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION HOSTS FIRST ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL
WHITE PLAINS, NY (October 2014)—The St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation hosted its 1st
Annual Fall Festival – a major fundraiser – on Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the John A. Coleman School
and Children’s Rehabilitation Center in White Plains, N.Y.
This free event was attended by nearly 500 Coleman School students, Children’s Rehabilitation Center
patients, their families, our neighbors and supporters in the community and staff. In addition, Sen. Andrea
Stewart-Cousins (D-N.Y.) and White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach were on hand, as were the White
Plains Fire Department, who provided homemade chili for all of our attendees.
The Fall Festival, which lasted three hours, featured festive games, food, arts and crafts, live music, a
petting zoo, raffles and much, much more. In addition, we honored Sr. Carol A. Barnes, S.C., the
Chairperson of the Children’s Rehabilitation Center’s Board of Trustees, and also a board member on the
St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation Board, the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center Board and the
John A. Coleman School Board, for the nearly three decades of service that she has dedicated to our
children. “Sr. Carol Barnes has been an inspiration to our staff, our children and their families and, of
course, her fellow trustees,” said Adrienne J. Arkontaky, Esq., Chairperson of the John A. Coleman
School’s Board of Trustees. “Sr. Carol has done everything we’ve asked of her and more because she
believes in our mission and she believes that our organizations transform lives.”
In total, the event raised over $60,000, which will be used to help the thousands of children with complex
medical, educational and rehabilitative needs that our Continuum of Care serves each year. “This year’s
Fall Festival has been our most successful fall event to date,” said Brian Harrington, Senior Vice
President of Institutional Advancement. “Sunday’s event was instrumental in raising the funds necessary
to continue to support our children and enhance their lives with extraordinary programs and activities that
are not covered by the cost of tuition or certain healthcare programs,” he said.
This event would not have been possible without the support of our generous partners. We’d like to thank
the Greenburgh Police Department; our Gold Sponsor Alice Sim; our Silver Sponsors: Waldorf Risk
Solutions, Lucretia and Edward Mann, J-K Prosthetics & Orthotics, Opus Advisory Group, LLC and
Joseph and Rita Mondolfi and Sophia Pici; and our Activity Sponsors: Scully Construction, LLC, the
Oswald Family, Cuddy Law Firm, PC, O’Connor Davies, LLP, Pinnacle Associates, Empress Ambulance
Services, Inc., Stop & Shop, Hudson Valley Bank, HBO, Bettina Equities Management, LLC, Clean Rite
Industries, Whole Foods White Plains, Mr. Kold Kuts, the White Plains Fire Department, the Bristal
Assisted Living at White Plains and Get Down Entertainment. We’d also like to acknowledge the
O’Rourke Irish Dancers and the Candlelight Inn for their contributions.
About the St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation
Inspired by the legacy of St. Elizabeth Seton, the St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation provides
philanthropic support to enhance the medical, therapeutic, rehabilitative and special educational goals of
medically complex children served by the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, John A. Coleman School and
Children’s Rehabilitation Center. The Foundation reaches children across this continuum of residential
and community based services, celebrating the uniqueness of each child.
St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation
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About the John A. Coleman School
The John A. Coleman School, with campuses in White Plains and Yonkers, is regionally recognized as a
school of excellence and provides community and center-based special education and therapeutic
programs to children from birth to 21 years of age from over 50 school districts in Westchester, Putnam,
the Bronx and Manhattan. The Yonkers Campus serves the residents of the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric
Center, a nationally recognized pediatric long term care facility. The Coleman School has been
recognized for the last seven years as a School of Excellence by the National Association of Special
Education Teachers (NASET). The White Plains campus is known for its comprehensive evaluation
component, early intervention and preschool services and inclusive program, Children’s Place. The
Coleman School serves over 900 children and their families. The John A. Coleman School is sponsored
by the Sisters of Charity of New York and is part of a Continuum of Care known as the St. Elizabeth
Seton Children’s Foundation, which also includes the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center and the Children’s
Rehabilitation Center. Learn more about the John A. Coleman School at setonpediatric.org/john-colemanschool and find us on Facebook at facebook.com/jacschool.
About the Children’s Rehabilitation Center
The Children’s Rehabilitation Center provides rehabilitative services including physical, occupational, and
speech and language pathology therapies, as well as feeding therapy. We also offer clinical specialties
and services that include but are not limited to: orthopedics, physiatry, ophthalmology, neurology,
neonatology, audiology and urology. In addition, we provide psychological and social work services, as
well as care at home case management services. We offer a brace/orthotic clinic and an adaptive
equipment clinic, too. The Children’s Rehabilitation Center also boasts a therapeutic pool that many of
our children utilize for aquatic therapy. The Children’s Rehabilitation Center is sponsored by the Sisters of
Charity of New York and is part of a Continuum of Care known as the St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s
Foundation, which also includes the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center and the John A. Coleman School.
You can visit the Children’s Rehabilitation Center online at setonpediatric.org/childrens-rehabilitationcenter and you can also check us out on Facebook at facebook.com/childrensrehabcenter.
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Lyla poses at the St.
Elizabeth Seton Children’s
Foundation’s first ever Fall
Festival
St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation
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From l-r: Chairperson of the
John A. Coleman School
Board of Trustees Adrienne
Arkontaky, Senator Andrea
Stewart-Cousins and
President and CEO of the
John A. Coleman School
and Children’s Rehabilitation
Center Pat Tursi
From l-r: Senior Vice
President of Institutional
Advancement Brian
Harrington, Chairperson of
the John A. Coleman School
Board of Trustees Adrienne
Arkontaky, President and
CEO of the John A.
Coleman School and
Children’s Rehabilitation
Center Pat Tursi,
Chairperson of the
Children’s Rehabilitation
Center’s Board of Trustees
Sr. Carol A. Barnes, S.C.,
Medical Director of the
Children’s Rehabilitation
Center Maria Pici, M.D. and
Executive Director of the
John A. Coleman School
Maureen Tomkiel
St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation
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Fall Festival honoree
Sr. Carol A. Barnes,
S.C. (second from left)
along with Sr. Elizabeth
Butler, S.C., Sr. Miriam
Kevin Phillips, S.C. and
Sr. Mary Kay Finneran,
S.C. (l-r)
Deputy Fire Chief
Rich Houlihan (far
left), along with
members of the
White Plains Fire
Department, serving
up bowls of their
homemade chili to
Fall Festival
attendees
Our Continuum of Care provides specialized medical, educational and therapeutic services to
over 5,000 medically complex children each year where and when they need them the most
St. Elizabeth Seton Children’s Foundation
t (914) 226-3000 • f (914) 226-3003