By Matt Veronesi
Hello New Windsor. God works in mysterious ways. Recently one of our New Windsor Seniors that I have known for 18 years since I started in New Windsor and who was still living at home at age 97 had fallen and had to go to the hospital.
After the hospital she had to go into a nursing home and they sent her all the way to Cortlandt Manor. It was very hard for her daughter who is handicapped and lives in a group home, or for friends and family to visit her because it was pretty far away. Her family was trying to get her closer to home and was not having any luck as obstacle after obstacle kept coming up.
After another day of no luck of getting her moved closer I prayed and asked God to intervene and help get her closer. That day I had a visitor show up in my office: the Regional Admissions and Marketing Coordinator of Taconic Healthcare, Georgiana Paes.
Georgiana was new to Taconic Health Care and was looking to get them more involved in Community Events so she had come in to see if Taconic could get involved with New Windsor events. As soon as she told me who she was I smiled and told her that I would love to talk to her about our events, but I first wanted to pick her brain about another issue. I told her of the New Windsor Senior who was having so much trouble getting closer to home and family and friends and she was glad to help. After much work and diligence on her part the New Windsor Senior is getting transferred to Taconic Health Care in Beacon today!
Thank you so much Georgiana Paes for your care and consideration for our seniors, and thank you to God for sending her to my office that day. Miracles do happen!
On Monday March 25 the Recreation Department will be taking a bus trip to Madison Square Garden the World’s most famous arena to watch a professional basketball game with the New York Knicks taking on the Detroit Pistons in a 7:30 p.m. game. The bus will leave the New Windsor Town Hall Complex at 4:30 p.m. and will return to New Windsor immediately following the game. The price for the trip is $110 per person which is a great deal. If you went to this game on your own it would cost over $200 with the game and transportation. Don’t miss out. Sign up today. Space is limited!
On Wednesday May 1st join the Town of New Windsor Recreation Department for a trip to City Field to see the New York Mets to play the Chicago Cubs in field level seats. The bus will leave New Windsor Town Hall Complex at 4 p.m. for a 7:10 p.m. game. The seats are field level section 124. The price for the trip is $105 which includes ticket to the game and bus ride down and back. Don’t miss out: Space is limited. Sign up today.
Then on Wednesday May 22nd the Town of New Windsor Recreation Department will be taking a trip down to Yankee Stadium to see the New York Yankees take on the Seattle Mariners in a 7:05 game. The bus leaves New Windsor Town Hall Complex at 4 p.m. for a 7:05 p.m. game. The seats are field level section 133. The price for the trip is $105 which includes ticket to the game and bus ride down and back. Space is limited so sign up today. For more information or to register for any of the above trips please visit nwrecisfun.com or call the Recreation Department at 845-565-7750.
Birthday shout outs this week go to Cole Benante whose birthday is on February 15, to Noah Veronesi whose birthday is on February 17, and to anyone else out there celebrating birthdays this week Happy Birthday! If anyone has a birthday or other special event you want mentioned in my column, or have anything going on in New Windsor that you want the world to know about you can reach me at mveronesi@optimum.net or by calling 845-629-1260. Have a great week.