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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Speare Memorial Hospital
(603) 536-1120
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December 1, 2006 |
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Speare Memorial Hospital Officially Rolls Out
New Mobile Gym
for School Occupational Therapy Program
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| PLYMOUTH, N.H. --- The media is invited to tour Speare Memorial Hospital’s School Occupational Therapy Program’s new Mobile Gym, observe a therapy session and discuss the program benefits with parents and educators at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 7 at Thornton Central School in Thornton. | |
| The specialized mobile gym and sensory integration environment is enhancing SMH´s long-running School Occupational Therapy Program designed to assist students with sensory perception and/or motor skill development. The purchase and retrofit of the 2005 Aurora Class A motor home by Coachman has been made possible by a $100,000 gift from the Von Arx family. |
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School Occupational Therapy Program |
Speare Memorial Hospital´s School Occupational Therapy Program began in 1994 to assist school age children struggling with sensory perception and/or motor skills, and adversely affecting academic performance, as a result of Attention Deficit Disorder, Cerebral Palsy or other developmental delay challenges. The program enables children living in central New Hampshire to get the help they need, right in their own hometown. Currently the program assists students from five area schools. |
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Mobile Gym |
The new Mobile Gym provides a private, appropriately appointed therapy environment for individualized therapy sessions. It was put into service earlier this fall, but the final retrofit was only recently completed. Prior to the Mobile Gym, sessions were held in more public venues wherever the schools could find space available, such as hallways, corner of a library or the cafeteria.
The Mobile Gym is a 2005 Aurora Class A motor home by Coachman that was purchased and retrofitted by NH Coach and Camper in Rumney. Ride Away Corporation, in Londonderry, installed the wheel chair lift. |
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Von Arx Family |
The Mobile Gym was made possible by a gift from Emil Von Arx, Jr., formally of Wentworth. Speare Memorial Hospital was designated as a $100,000 beneficiary in Mr. Von Arx´s will, with the stipulation the money be used to support community health initiatives. Mr. Von Arx was a previous hospital board member and a long-term supporter of Speare Memorial Hospital. |
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| Speare Memorial Hospital is a 24-hour, acute care, non-profit community hospital and health care provider serving Plymouth, and the communities of central New Hampshire, for more than a century.
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Michele Barney Hutchins
Director of Community Relations
Speare Memorial Hospital
(603) 238-6468
mhutchins@spearehospital.com
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