Angela's House Blog

  • December 3rd, 2016 by Bob

    Angel of Hope December candle light vigil 2016

    December 3, 2016 Angel of Hope candle light vigil

  • November 27th, 2016 by Bob

    Turkey Trot Team

     

    Runners participate in the Smithtown Kickers Turkey Trot

  • November 17th, 2016 by drew

    NEWSLETTER Fall 2016

    Angela’s House offers programs and supports and will coordinate services to families who need care for their medically frail children at home. For children who cannot be cared for at home, Angela’s House I, II and III are specially designed homes that provide a warm environment with 24-hour nursing care to accommodate the children’s complex medical and physical needs.

    July Fishing Fundraiser

    Over 275 people filled four boats for the 10th Annual Angela’s House Fishing Fundraiser! We all had such a great time out on the water! Captain Chris from the charter boat Fishtail does a great job coordinating all the boats. Guests enjoy fishing, eating and lounging and as they’re enjoying a beautiful evening on the Great South Bay.

    angel-of-hopeSave the Date: Angel of Hope Candlelight Vigil

    December 3rd, 2016 – 4:00 PM at Eisenhower Park

    For all families that have lost a child.

    Please join us as Angela’s House celebrates its 25th Anniversary!

    Save These Dates

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    For more information, sponsorships or to register online, visit and like our Angela’s House Facebook page for all current information!

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    Message from the Executive Director Bob Policastro

    bob-policastroIt is remarkable to look at this newsletter and see the amazing support we have received over the past few months! Your contributions, be they time and/or money, allow us to create an environment to assist the children that are medically fragile in our community. As the Founder I will always remember when my wife and I struggled with finding the supportive services we needed to help our daughter Angela. We are very grateful that things have come a long way since that time and it is our own lived experience that motivates me each day.

    25These thoughts come to mind as we begin to look forward to 2017, which will mark our 25th Anniversary! Please join us next year as we celebrate this monumental accomplishment!

    I learned many years ago that our advocacy and efforts to seek out additional funding and awareness for these special children will never end. We realize the importance of this, embrace the responsibility and are honored to be their voice. There is an enormous pressure to make sure our government’s attempts to redesign our health care system keeps a close eye on medically frail children. This accompanied with reduced funding makes our family’s lives more difficult and staff and health care provider’s work more challenging.

    When I think of our Silver Anniversary my first thought is to graciously express my appreciation to everyone for making a difference for Angela’s House. Who we are today would not be possible without having people that believed in my dream. Thanks to my family for their support and many sacrifices they have made throughout this journey. Thank you to Dr. Richard Fine of Stonybrook University Hospital, who validated the issues we faced in NY, to Walter Stockton, CEO of Independent Group Home Living, who helped to make our medical homes a reality and to Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg who fought for the funding to create our homes. Thank you for the amazing journey these past 25 years, I can’t wait to see what the future holds!

    Angela’s House June Golf Outing

    Our SOLD OUT 14th Annual golf outing hosted on June 6th at the Indian Hills Country Club in Northport was a HUGE success! Thanks to our event sponsor United Asset Strategies! They showed amazing support for their own Erin Gibbons, who was this year’s honoree. Guests enjoyed the private golf course with several holes overlooking the water, a full breakfast, lunch, cocktail hour and dinner.

    Be sure to like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and continue to visit our website to learn about the exciting events and activities we do year-round!

    Thanks to Our Supporters

    Arthur and William J. Pace Memorial Golf Outing

    Another year, another amazing outing! We were joined by over 120 golfers on August 22nd at Nissequogue Golf Club. Thanks to The Ergonomic Group who came out in full force for their own Frank Scozzari, our honoree. Thank you to all for making the day so memorable! Guests enjoyed the private golf course with several holes overlooking the water, a full breakfast, lunch, cocktail hour and dinner.

    Steven‛s Strikeouts

    NY Met and Stony Brook’s own Steven Matz held a season-long fundraiser for Angela’s House. His fans pledged an individualized amount towards every strike-out he pitched! Steven also generously will be matching the first $10,000 himself as well. We are so appreciative of his support!

    Your Gifts Make a Difference

    Donations can be sent to:
    Angela’s House
    PO Box 5052
    Hauppauge, NY 11788

    Angela’s House is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; your gift is tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

    Angela’s House uses public programs, grants and donations to assist families caring for their children with special health care needs that are medically fragile, chronically ill or living with a life threatening illness. Your donations and assistance with fundraising allows us to ease the financial burdens our families experience with the day-to-day care of these children. These funds are very important especially for children who need help right away but often must wait months to get assistance through public programs. These funds are used to purchase medical supplies, medical care, therapeutic equipment, and other items not covered by insurance.

    Below are a few of the children and their families from our Fall Fun Party at White Post Farms

    Donations in Honor of
    Caroline Serva
    Cadence McGoldrick
    Coach Bill
    Caroline Caggiano

    Donations In Lieu of Flowers
    In a time of grieving
    the family requests
    donations be made to
    Angela’s House
    in lieu of flowers
    Patricia Geelan

    Donations in Memory of
    Laura DeBany
    Kyle Herring
    Lorraine Bonnett
    Louis Squillacioti
    Nicole C. Ferrari
    Helen Thurlow
    Grace Bellontine
    Katelyn Hesselbirg
    Bonaventura Bonanno
    Joan Murray
    Angela Policastro
    Andrew Baierlein
    Jake Spadalik
    Marilyn D’Angelo
    Kimberly Leitke
    Rose Eifu
    Peter Tummiello
    Gabriel Pierro

     

    Planned Gifts

    For information on making a Planned Gift, please contact Angela’s House so that we may assist you.

    Gift opportunities include: Bequests, Life Insurance, Real Estate, Stock, Trusts and Wills.
  • November 8th, 2016 by Bob

    Lemonade stand makes a difference

    Look at these kids smiles, Kids helping kids!

    Proud kids after their Lemonade stand fundraiser

  • October 10th, 2016 by Bob

    Italian Welfare League

    Columbus Day Parade 

    Italian Welfare League doing an amazing job supporting medically frail children

  • October 3rd, 2016 by Bob

    October Golf Outing

    The October 3rd 2016 golf outing at Willow Creek Golf and Country Club was a success

    This would not be possible without the Serva Families family as the sponsors.

    The other sponsors included: Go Green Environmental, Duffy and Duffy, and

    Salenger, Sack, Kimmel and Bravaro

  • September 28th, 2016 by Bob

    Smithtown Running of the Bull

    The Smith-town Chamber of Commerce held their annual 5K race for charity

    and Angela’s House is one of the beneficiaries 

    Runners participated in the Smithtown Running of the Bull

  • September 25th, 2016 by Bob

    Tunnel to Towers Angela’s House Team

    Tunnel to Towers Angela’s House Team

    Runners participate in the Tunnel to Towers 5K Run in NYC

  • September 16th, 2016 by Bob

    Angela’s House Walk

    Angela’s House 2nd annual Walk 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • August 22nd, 2016 by Bob

    Arthur and William J. Pace Memorial Golf Outing

    Arthur and William J. Pace Memorial Golf Outing was on August 22nd at the Nissequogue Golf Club.

    Thank you to the sponsor the Ergonomic Group and OCS Builders Group. The quest enjoyed the private golf course with several holes

    overlooking the water, a full breakfast, lunch cocktail hour and lobster dinner with “Pace’s Steak”.