Section: Health
Rescue Squad Cancels Blood Drive
Due to the passing of a long-time squad member, the Verona Rescue Squad is cancelling the blood drive that was to be held this Wednesday May 23. No word yet on when the drive will be rescheduled.
Register Today For Summer Adult Exercise
The Verona Recreation Department is opening registration on Monday, May 21, for its adult summer exercise programs. Senior exercise, Zumba and Rediscover Fitness are back, and the Rec Department is adding four classes to be held at the pool. The pool schedule includes senior water aerobics, senior yoga, adult yoga and twilight exercise. Class sizes [...]
Communications Group To Honor Hurley
Barbara Hurley of Verona, founding president of the Association for Women in Communications–New Jersey Chapter (AWCNJ), will be honored at its fourth annual Recognition & Networking Breakfast. The chapter will also present the “Women Who Will” award to Kristina Lee Grandstaff of Roxbury, founder of a volunteer organization helping women to recover from domestic abuse, [...]
Canine Therapy Teams Honored
An evening hosted by Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center in West Orange went to the dogs recently as the facility honored the accomplishments of three of its Paws for Patients canine therapy program volunteer teams, including two from Verona. Paws for Patients, launched in 2009 by BHHPCC, pairs trained hospice volunteers and their [...]
Verona Mail Carriers Set Food Drive
Verona residents can help combat area hunger on Saturday, May 12, by leaving a bag of unexpired, healthy, non-perishable food on doorsteps as part of the 20th annual national Stamp Out Hunger food drive. For the second consecutive year, United Way of Northern New Jersey and the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 342, which [...]
Rescue Squad Blood Drive On May 23
The Verona Rescue Squad will be holding its second blood drive this year during EMS Week 2012 on Wednesday May 23 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Verona Rescue Squad Building at 12 Church Street. If you want to donate, you can register for an appointment online or just walk in. Details on donating [...]
Help Kristen Win Her Wheels
Kristen Dunleavy is a 29-year-old teacher. That might make her sound like a lot of Verona residents except for this: Dunleavy has spinal muscular atrophy. She relies on a motorized wheelchair to get around the West Orange school in which she teaches, and an aged, unreliable handicapped-adapted minivan to get there. Dunleavy is now hoping [...]
Carnival, Music Benefit For Team Zoey
Calvary Lutheran Church is having a carnival fundraiser on Saturday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to raise funds for Team Zoey and the Progeria Research Foundation. Progeria is a rare and fatal condition that produces rapid aging in children. Verona resident Zoey Penny has progeria. She is 2 1/2, but will face [...]
Normal Aging: What To Expect
Verona LIVE, the program for senior citizens and near-seniors in town, is holding a health workshop for those age 60 and up. In “Normal Aging: What to Expect”, Dr. Everett Schlam, an internist at Mountainside Hospital, will talk about what is and isn’t inevitable as we age and about healthy habits that are good preventive [...]
YMCA Healthy Kids Day Coming To Verona Park
On Saturday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m., the YMCA Healthy Kids Day event will be held in Verona Park. The Y has partnered with area hospitals, Whole Foods Market, Take Back the Kitchen and many others to create a fun and carnival like atmosphere promoting healthy living and healthy summer habits for kids. [...]