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The Valerie Fund Supporting Comprehensive health care …

WEBAddison enjoys visiting The Valerie Fund Center, where she gets to play in the playroom with all the fun toys, read books, and do crafts. Lauren and Mr. Mike from Child Life always bring her surprises - even Barbie dolls!

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What We Do The Valerie Fund Supporting …

WEBFor more than 35 years, The Valerie Fund has operated Camp Happy Times, a one-week overnight camp experience for any child aged 5-21 who has or has had cancer, regardless of where they are treated.

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Our Centers The Valerie Fund Supporting Comprehensive health …

WEBOur Centers. The Valerie Fund Centers are located in eight pediatric hospitals throughout the NJ, NY and metro Philadelphia areas. Every patient who enters any one of our centers is greeted by a team of specialists who support …

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What is Sickle Cell Disease

WEBSickle cell is a preventable genetic disorder. In the U.S., it almost exclusively affects African-Americans. It is usually diagnosed in the first year of life and rarely curable. Regardless of regular medication and lifestyle adjustments, such as minimal exposure to cold weather, the disease causes excruciating, unrelenting pain for which

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Inside Our Centers: Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark …

WEBThe first Valerie Fund Children's Center to be featured is at The Children's Hosptial of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. In 2015, the Children's Center had approximately 8,273 outpatient visits. Not only does the center focus on pediatric oncology, it is also home to the largest sickle cell program in the state of New …

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Bringing Wellness Awareness to Cancer Survivors

WEBNicole Foster is a former Valerie Fund patient and cancer survivor. Recently, Nicole kindly offered to host a Wellness Workshop for survivors like herself. More than a dozen current and former Valerie Fund patients joined together to learn about the process of getting to a place of improved health and well-being. Join us as Nicole shares her …

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News The Valerie Fund Supporting Comprehensive health care …

WEBThe Valerie Fund Walk & JAG-ONE Physical Therapy 5K Run raises money for local children with cancer and blood disorders. Maplewood, N.J., June 27, 2023 - On Saturday, June 10, more than 2,000 supporters united for a one mile walk around the beautiful Verona Park in Essex County, joining to honor and celebrate the courage, bravery, and …

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A New Hope For Sickle Cell Patients

WEBOne of the worst things a parent can hear is that their child is being diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a lifelong genetic disorder and puts a person's health and life at serious risk. There has been little progress in terms of treatment or a cure aside from pain management until just recently. There may now be hope for a …

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NJ's Leading Kid's Cancer Charity Supporting …

WEBWhat are pediatric oncology and hematology? Oncology is the study and treatment of tumors and cancer while hematology is the science or study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases. In the medical field, hematology includes the treatment of blood disorders and malignancies, including types of hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma and …

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What is integrative medicine and why is it critical for the care of

WEBThere are so many new words and phrases that a family must learn when they begin a journey through pediatric cancer or blood disorders and it can be difficult to keep track of what they all mean. In the coming months we will try to explain what some of these concepts and practices are and hope it can help make this process just a little bit …

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News The Valerie Fund Supporting Comprehensive health care …

WEBWelcome St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital Center For Pediatric Cancers and Blood Disorders To The Valerie Fund Family [Maplewood, NJ, October 4, 2016) The Valerie Fund is pleased to announce the dedication of their newest and seventh Valerie Fund Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders was held on September 21st.

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The Valerie Fund Blog cancer

WEBWhen Valerie Goldstein lost her battle to cancer at the age of 9, her parents Ed and Sue vowed to help families in similar situations gain easier access to more customized care.

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Volunteering to The Valerie Fund Supporting Comprehensive …

WEBAbout Us. When Valerie Goldstein lost her battle to cancer at the age of 9, her parents Ed and Sue vowed to help families in similar situations gain easier access to more customized care.

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The MAGIC of Survivorship

WEBIf you would like to learn more or even have your child benefit from this survivorship clinic, please reach out to Dr. Batra at [email protected] or 973-926-7161. Once a Valerie Fund kid, always a Valerie Fund kid. There are many issues that continue to be a factor in a patient's life after treatment and we are proud to continue our

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Our Healthcare Heroes

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has presented many new challenges for the patients and families of The Valerie Fund in these past months but the staff of The Valerie Fund Children's Centers have never wavered. They are true healthcare heroes who brave the front lines of the hospitals to ensure our kids are not only receiving their regular …

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Inside Our Centers: Goryeb Children's Hospital at Morristown …

WEBAfter their nine-year-old daughter Valerie succumbed to cancer in 1976, Sue and Ed Goldstein were determined that no family should have to travel great distances to receive state-of-the-art medical care. Today, more than 6,000 children with cancer and blood disorders benefit immeasurably by receiving their medical treatment close to home …

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Scholarship The Valerie Fund Supporting Comprehensive health …

WEBScholarship The Valerie Fund Scholarship Program 2022-23. This year, The Valerie Fund Scholarship Program awarded 124 scholarships to patients at seven Valerie Fund Centers for the 2022-23 academic year.

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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

WEBTeena Bhatla, MD – Medical Director Shalu Narang, MD – Attending Physician Marianna DeBenedictis, MD – Attending Physician Harini Rao, MD – Attending Physician

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The Importance of Emotional Wellness

WEBEmotional wellness is about the ability to be aware of our feelings and not deny or shove them away. It is about embracing the positive while still acknowledging that the negative exists. It is enjoying the parts of life that should be enjoyed despite the disappointments, frustrations, and hardships that can - and will - arise.

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TVF is joining forces with Jersey Mike's Supporting …

WEBLocation Address; Atlantic Highlands Jersey Mike's: 7 Bayshore Plaza Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Barnegat Jersey Mike's: 770D-A Lighthouse Dr Barnegat, NJ

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The Valerie Fund Blog dietitian

WEBThe Valerie Fund supports comprehensive health care services focusing on psychosocial programs for children with cancer and blood disorders close to home.

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