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Community Enjoyed Bartley Healthcare’s 5th Annual Family Fun Day

(October 12, 2005, Jackson, NJ) As it begins it 20th Anniversary Bartley Healthcare hosted its 5th Annual Family Fun Day on a beautiful blue sky warm Fall day and welcomed community children, parents and grandparents to enjoy rides, food and games, pony rides, petting zoo and musical entertainment. Family Fun Day is both Bartley’s expression of gratitude to the community for its role in the success that Bartley has enjoyed and one of Bartley’s ways to give back to those in the community.

Residents and families from both The Orchards at Bartley Assisted Living and Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation mingled among the community. With a live Dixie Land Band as back ground, residents enjoyed watching children playing on a variety of rides, coloring pumpkins, eating cotton candy, snow cones and popcorn, creating sand art, riding a pony or shaking hands with a costume character.

“ We are proud of the fact that Bartley’s Family Fun Day has become a widely anticipated annual event. We estimate that the Bartley Campus hosted 1,000 guests at this year’s event”, said Trish Mazejy, Vice President of Business Development.” In celebration of Bartley Healthcare’s 20th anniversary, live music and additional attractions and food choices were added with the help of local service and civic organizations to make this year’s Family Fun Day extra special. The Jackson High School Honors Art students volunteered their time and managed a face painting station. “It seemed like every child had its face painted. I saw faces resembling Spiderman, crown jeweled princesses, pirates, kittens and butterflies” noted Ms Mazejy. The Jackson Mills Volunteer Fire Company No.1, Jackson/Howell Knights of Columbus, Jackson Kiwanis and The Jackson Boy Scout Pack 401 Screaming Eagle Patrol supported the event by selling a variety of food concessions. Each group donated their proceeds to the charity of their choice.

At this year’s Family Fun Day, Bartley Healthcare again welcomed food and cash donations for the Jackson Food Pantry, which is managed by The Jackson Women of Today. This year’s event raised over $540 in monetary donations. Bartley’s has matched the contributions and presented the Jackson Food Pantry with a check for $1,200. In addition to cash donations, Bartley encouraged the community to bring a bag of non-perishable food items. Vickie Vitale, Director of the Food Pantry for The Jackson Women of Today thanked Bartley for its support of several years and added, "We are truly grateful to Bartley Healthcare for continuing to offer this wonderful event in support of The Jackson Food Pantry. As we begin nearing the holiday season, Family Fun Day marks the annual beginning of our collecting donations to build up our supplies for the distributions months ahead. The large quantity of food that was brought to this event is amazing, as it shows that the Bartley Healthcare and community spirit of helping those in need is "thankfully" widespread throughout the community."

Commerce Bank joined Bartley in sponsoring the event. The Jackson Police Department participated with its D.A.R.E. Patrol Car and Child Identification program.

Since its inception in 1985, Bartley Healthcare has maintained a strong commitment to community service and participation by it contributions to community and charitable causes and by making available its facilities and 22-acre campus for community and professional events. This commitment is part of Bartley’s mission to understand and meet the unique needs of their senior residents by paying close attention to the details that enhance the quality of their lives in an enriched environment. Trish Mazejy noted that “this commitment to our residents and our community is what has come to be known as the ‘Bartley Difference’”.

The Bartley Campus includes The Orchards At Bartley assisted living residence that offers seniors an independent lifestyle and exceptional services in an elegant, graceful setting and Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation which has grown from a 120 bed nursing home when it opened in December 1985 to it current 230 bed facility that offers skilled nursing, subacute medical care, both in-patient and out patient rehabilitation, hospice and respite services and Alzheimer’s care. All of the programs and services offered on the Bartley Healthcare campus have received the Gold Seal accreditation by the Joint Commission of Healthcare Organizations.

For more information about Bartley Healthcare, please call (732) 730-1700 or visit its Website www.bartleyhealthcare.com.