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June 30, 2019
Issue No. 26
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CES students send warmth and encouragement to new arrivals in the NICU Churchville Elementary School teacher Jennifer Brush’s second-graders had already cleaned all the tables and work surfaces in the room. Now they lined up for hand sanitizer. These serious crafters were preparing to make comforting, relatively germ-free baby blankets for newborns, to be donated to the University of Rochester Golisano Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Brush and her husband, Tim, have been involved in supporting the NICU and the Pediatric Social Work Department since 1999, in memory of their late daughter, Taylor. Their fundraising has helped many local families who cope with caring for premature and seriously ill infants. When fellow Churchville Elementary teacher Amy Ciszak’s son,
Wesley, was born prematurely in May of 2018, the two families helped raise over $9,300 for the NICU in his honor. (Wesley, who spent 119 days in the NICU before going home, just celebrated his first birthday.) The two teachers coordinated this blanket project, with help from Ciszak’s mother, Nancy Palermo, and student teacher Brooke Hare, to give their students a way to learn about community service by connecting emotionally to vulnerable children and their families. They were also able to practice their writing and motor skills and learn a bit about healthcare. Before beginning, the class took some time to discuss how difficult it is to have a baby in the hospital. They talked about how even small gifts, given in love, can make a big difference for people. Then
A caring team of Churchville Elementary students and staff made baby blankets for infants in the Golisano Children’s Hospital NICU.
Everyone worked together on these gifts, made with love, for families in difficult circumstances.
they began working together in teams, creating the no-sew blankets. Afterwards, they each wrote short personal notes of encouragement and caring to the families who would receive the blankets. “One of the most important things we can do here is to help children develop values and grow strong character,” said Brush. “These kids sincerely want to help. We’re very proud of their efforts.” The Gosnell Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Golisano Children’s Hospital is a highly specialized, nationally recognized center providing the highest level of care available for sick or premature newborns, including advanced treatment for respiratory failure, heart disease and neurologic injury. Every year more than
New Parma Hilton history books published Parma Hilton Historian David Crumb and Parma Historical Society Trustee, David Almeter, have co-authored the recently published book, Parma Hilton Timeline from the Beginning. The book explains the events that took place from 1638 when the land where Parma is located was called Terra Incognita (Land Unknown) and under Dutch rule. Rare old photographs and maps (shown in color) relative to the dates and events that unfold throughout the next 381 years in Parma and Hilton are featured chronologically by date. The Town of Parma first became official in 1809 when pioneers began arriving to occupy the fertile land along the Lake Ontario shoreline and south including then the town of Ogden (Og-
den became a town in 1817). Everything changed when the Rome Watertown and Oswego Railroad came through Hilton, then called North Parma, in 1876. The railroad brought prosperity and opportunity to the sleepy little agricultural community. Later fires swept through the village destroying most of the early commercial buildings constructed of wood. The timeline takes the reader up to the present date of 2019 which co-incidentally is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and also the 50th anniversary of the Parma-Hilton Historical Society. The front cover of the Parma Hilton Timeline shows Hilton as it looked in 1919, 100 years ago, during the Armistice Day Parade on Main Street that celebrated the end of the First World War.
Other new books recently authored and published by local authors are With Our Boys, an expertly researched book on the Parma/Hilton men who valiantly served in World War I. Tammy and Kyle Mullen are the authors. Marilyn Lowden Wright has just published her memoirs, Patchwork Pieces of My Life. All books are available on the Parma-Hilton Historical Society webpage parmahiltonhistoricalsociety. com under Gift Shop to review. The recent Parma Hilton Timeline book can also be purchased in the Village of Hilton Main Office, the Parma Town Hall, and the Village of Hilton Historian’s Office. The price is $15. Provided information and photo
Each finished blanket included a short note of caring written by the children who made it. 1,200 newborns are cared for in the NICU. For information, visit https:// www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital/nicu.aspx. Provided information and photos