Creature Comfort Pet Therapy Brunch Program

2018

PROGRAM

HONOREE

Summit Medical Group Foundation

Since last year, Creature Comfort’s 282 volunteer pet therapy teams
completed 4,333 hours visiting 202 facilities in 8 northern New Jersey

counties. These visits brought healing comfort and companionship
to more than 70,000 people.

Today we celebrate all who have supported us along the way.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2018
BIRCHWOOD MANOR, WHIPPANY, NJ

With Deep Gratitude to our

2018 CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH SPONSORS

Summit Medical Group Foundation

The Claudia & Kenneth Silverman Family Foundation

Cornerstone Day School Laura Ludlum

Erick P. Spronck, Laura Palmer, PhD, ABPP, LLC
Board Treasurer & Adriana Dunn, PhD, AMFT Neu

The Guardian Life Insurance Mary Beth Cooney,
Company Executive Director

Joan & Sandy Baer, MJM Financial Advisors
Board Members
Morristown Medical Center
Joe Caruso, Board Chairman,
& Katie Sikorski Peter Brody, Board Member,
& Ellen Brody
Kathleen O’Donnell,
Board Member Philip & Beth Kruse

Conway Wealth Group, LLC
Friends of Pamela Cooper

Investors Bank
James Mulholland
Jim Rossi, Board Member, & Wendy Rossi
John & Janet Adams
Kinney Lisovicz Reilly & Wolff
Laurie & Peter Friedman
Lynn, Herm & Smokey Livingston
Morris Animal Inn
Norris McLaughlin, P.A.
O’Toole Scrivo Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu, LLC

Bandit, Marcia & Danny Lederman
Carol Baer & Ted Abramov
Carol & Daniel Spina
Carrier Clinic

Constance Miele & Alan Fidel
Dana & Adam Meyers
Dani Kelly Lustig
Diana Leaf & Bob Ryan
Dorothy Dameo

Elizabeth L. Murphy & Greg Wybel
George & Beth Gibson
Jane Nagy
John Hoover
Lennie Michelson
Mark & Eileen Durham
Nancie Ludwig

Phyllis Jacobwitz, in honor of Bandit
Washington Antiques & Design Works

OUR MISSION

To enhance lives through therapeutic visits

with caring volunteers and their pets

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Joseph A. Caruso, MBA, Chairman
Erick P. Spronck, CPA, Treasurer
James V. Rossi, Secretary
Joan Beth Baer, Co-founder
Stanley M. Baer, DMD ret.
Peter R. Brody, DVM

Kathleen O’Donnell, RN, MSN, APN-C
Mary Beth Cooney, Executive Director

Annie Murphy, Co-founder (1949-2017)

STAFF

Mary Jean Barnes, Development Director
Karen Clark, Evaluation Coordinator, Team Manager
Nancy Fernandez, Scheduling Coordinator, Facilities Manager

Sue Heffernan, Business & IT Manager

BRUNCH COMMITTEE

Marcia Lederman, Auction Co-Chair Jaime Dritt

Lynn Livingston, Auction Co-Chair Lenore MacKenzie

Shari Stack Linda Marquardt

Joan Baer Lisa Drapkin

Janis Borbas

PET THERAPY TEAM TODAY’S
GREETERS VOLUNTEERS

Laura Palmer & Tanya Nolte
Bonne Prince Harry
Members of Phi Sigma Pi Co-Ed
Jan Hines & Havana Fraternity, Montclair State University

Barbara Carey

PROGRAM

11:00 am

Registration Opens
Raffle and Silent Auction Bidding Begins

12:00 pm
Champagne Toast

Joe Caruso, Board Chairman

Brunch Buffet

12:40 pm

Program Begins

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Heather O’Rourke, CCPT team member and traffic anchor
for Channel 7 WABC-TV Eyewitness News This Morning

Honoree

Summit Medical Group Foundation

CCPT Impact

Mary Beth Cooney, Executive Director

Closing Remarks

Heather O’Rourke

1:40 pm

Raffle and Silent Auction closes

2:00 pm

Check-Out Opens

Congratulations to

for providing wonderful and outstanding
services to the community.

Kenneth and Claudia Silverman Family Foundation

To our dear human and furry friends:

Organic Vintages is proud to present (just a few of) our organic wines at the
Creature Comfort Pet Therapy Champagne Brunch, and we are gratified to be
associated with your mission of brightening the lives of many in need of cheer.

IMPORTER / DISTRIBUTOR 201.508.7636

Today you tasted Tarantas Sparkling White and Rosé from Spain,
and Pizzolato Prosecco from Italy, all available at

ShopRite Wines in Cedar Knolls, Caldwell, Little Falls, and Rockaway,
and at Buy-Rite of South Orange.



With Deep Gratitude to our

2018 CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH SILENT AUCTION
AND GIFT BASKET DONORS

A’Viance Hair & Nail Salon, Caesars Entertainment
Parsippany Cara Achterberg
Carole Winograd
Active Paws Dog Training
Aesthetic Skin Care, Morristown Cheryl and Barry Grummer
Chicago Cubs
American Ballet Theater, NYC Chuck Ellman
Andrew L. Howard DMD
Anne Angelo Clipper Club, Warren
Anne Sikorski-Schneider Cornerstone Day School,
Antique Archaeology, TN
Mountainside
Bandit and Marcia Lederman Crayola, PA
Barn Theatre, Denville David Chad Beauty Parlor,
Barry Zucker W. Caldwell
Bartlett House, ME David Rosenfelt
Belle Silverlieb Denville Dairy
Bonnie Ashe Depasquale, The Spa, Morris Plains
Brenda Samlin Diann’s Boutique, Kenvil
Brian & Sue Heffernan Dream Nails, Basking Ridge
Evelyn Callahan
Bubba Rose Biscuit Company, Flying Fish Brewing Co., Somerdale
Morristown

Gary’s Wine and Marketplace Kings Cooking Studio, Short Hills
Gerry and Maureen McEntee Kristeen Kohrs
Laura Palmer
Glaze Salon, Chatham Lilla Rose
Greater Morristown YMCA Lucy Schmitt
Lynn Livingston
Groovy Elegance
Heather O’Rourke Mark Taffet Media
Hungry Hound, Somerville Mary Beth Cooney
In-N-Out Dog Wash, Garwood Mayo Performing Arts Center,

Jaime Dritt Morristown
Jan Kulick Meadowlands Racing &
Jan Peterson Designs
Jeanne Jacobwitz Entertainment
Joan & Sandy Baer Metuchen Golf & Country Club
Joe Caruso and Katie Sikorski
Joseph Dalbon, DMD Michelle Nadel
K9 Luxury Resorts Morris Animal Inn, Morristown
Karen Milne Morristown Medical Center’s
Kathleen O’Donnell Soothing Paws Pet Therapy

Mountain Fitness, Warren
Mundi Westport Corporation
Murray Hill Veterinary Associates

With Deep Gratitude to our
2018 CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH SILENT AUCTION
AND GIFT BASKET DONORS

Newseum, Washington DC South Street Yoga & Nutrition,
New York Jets Morristown

On the Ball Dog Training Spring Woods Accounting
Panther Valley Golf and Country Club
Tatiana Carino
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn
Pinot’s Palette, Wayne The Marketing Works of Palm Beach
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Painter

The Shakespeare Theatre of New
Jersey, Madison

Prana Yoga, Denville The Urban Muse, Denville

PUPCAKE Grooming & Dog Tony’s Di Napoli Restaurant, NYC
Bakery, Caldwell Unionville Vineyards
Viacom
Rainbow Travel, Chester
Village Wine & Liquors, Mendham
Salvatore Minardi Hair Designs,
Madison

Schweiger Dermatology Group, WABC-TV
Morristown Walmart of Boonton
Wash & Wiggle, Morris Plains
Seaton Hackney Stables,
Morristown

Shari Stack Wells Rug Service, Morristown

Shop Rite of Lincoln Park Woof Gang Baker & Grooming,
Simon and Schuster Chester

Sky’s the Limit Skydiving Center Yappy Daze, Parsippany

With Deep Gratitude to our

FACILITY PARTNERS

DEDICATED TWO AND FOUR-LEGGED
TEAM MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS

IN-KIND SERVICE DONORS

INVITATION AND PROGRAM DESIGN;
EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY
debbie fitzgerald
design-by-debbie.com

INVITATION COVER PHOTOGRAPHY
David Benjamin

WINES
Organic Vintages

FLORAL DESIGNS
Mercedes Saval Cooper

VENDOR PARTNERS

ImmuneSchein LLC, handcrafted elixirs
Erin Bolding MT-BC, Musician
Birchwood Manor

Kevin Shrout, Ivy League Ltd., Inc.

P.O. Box 872, Morris Plains, NJ 07950 973.285.9083 www.ccpettherapy.org

facebook.com/ccpettherapy instagram.com/ccpettherapy
twitter.com/ccpettherapy linkedin.com/company/creature-comfort-pet-therapy

Pet therapy reaches our most
“shut down” residents. If all else
fails, the animals just have a way
of breaking through their pain and
giving them the opportunity to
remember ‘when’! Your pets evoke:
stories, laughter, conversation,
movement and, sometimes, a never
seen before smile! BRAVO!

- Assisted Living Facility

My mom suffered and passed away
at the hospital this year. Crying as I
write this, I want you to know her
only pure relief was being visited by
the dogs from Creature Comfort.

-daughter of a hospital patient