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A Monster: The Monster’s Transport" was the book he chose to read. Being able to cheer up other kids makes him happy. “If you are getting blood work, it’s a good way to get distracted by listening to a story being read on TV,” Werner said. WAMMC is hoping to add staff; they are fundraising for a media specialist position. They also plan to add livestreamed musical events and programs in mindfulness, meditation and breathing, music, gardening, and games are on the drawing board. Local authors and celebrities will be asked to participate in exclusive recordings at the studio. “Calling All Kids is WAMMC’s premier service project and a great opportunity for kids to be kids,” WAMMC President Katie Nolle said. “Looking ahead, there’s no limit to what the next decade has in store.”

Goryeb Children’s Hospital patient Ryder Werner reads "Along Came A Monster: The Monster’s Transport" with the book’s co-author, Angela Pirone. Werner and Pirone recorded a reading for Calling All Kids.

JENNIFER SMITH NAMED CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

Jennifer Smith was recently named chief development officer for the Foundation for Morristown Medical Center, joining the organization on August 10. Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN, president for Morristown Medical Center and vice president for Atlantic Health System, is thrilled to welcome Smith to Morristown. “Jennifer joins us after 16 years of service to Hackensack Meridian Health where she held several different roles, most recently as vice president for development. In this capacity, she led comprehensive fundraising programs for three hospital foundations in central New Jersey with three separate boards of trustees,” O’Keefe said. Throughout her tenure, Smith spearheaded multiple campaigns and secured transformational gifts, which supported capital projects, cutting-edge equipment, new, innovative programs. In the past eight years, she raised more than $70 million, including 11 seven-figure gifts. Smith received her B.A. in communications from Alfred University, and her M.S. in organizational communications from Ithaca College. Smith’s arrival follows the retirement of Jim Quinn, an award-winning, 35-year fundraising veteran who established the Foundation, after serving as a consultant

Jennifer Smith leading Morristown Medical

Center’s New Era of Excellence Campaign. Throughout his tenure, Quinn grew the Foundation from a staff of five, raising $1 million annually, to a team of 27, raising $20 million annually in support of capital projects, state-of-the-art equipment, Jim Quinn cutting-edge programs, endowed department chairs and research initiatives for Morristown Medical Center. He served alongside nine hospital presidents and six chairmen of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and received the Robert J. Smythe Award for outstanding fundraising given by the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in 2001. “I have known and worked with Jim throughout his 31-year career at Morristown,” O’Keefe said. “It is hard to put into words the impact that he has made both on the hospital and the people in it. Jim is both a friend and a trusted colleague, and I wish him and his family the best in this next chapter of his life.”