Winners of 2017 Preferred Home Health Care Elderfest Coloring Contest Announced
Remember when you learned to color IN the lines? All those years of childhood practice paid off for three winners of the Elderfest Coloring Contest, held recently during the Elderfest Expo at the Clarion Hotel, Toms River, hosted by Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, with headquarters in Eatontown.
The annual Elderfest Expo highlighted crafters, free health and wellness screenings, giveaways, and an adult coloring contest with prizes totaling $800, awarded by Rose Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Toms River. More than 100 adults entered the contest. Using the official designated entry, contestants could only color their sheets with either crayons, colored pencils, or paints.
The winners are Lee Young, Toms River, first place, who won $500; Diane Dering, Toms River second place, who won $ 200; and Gloria Ochs, Lakewood, who won $100 for third place.
The judges were Bill Clanton, CEO of Coloring for Life Coloring Books; Andrew Shaw, CEO of Rose Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Joel Markel, radio host of Preferred Company on WOBM-AM and President of Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, and Marianne Levy, radio host, Preferred Company on WOBM-AM.
For more information about Elderfest or Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, contact Lisa Gallicchio, director of community relations, at lisa@preferredcares.com, call 732-547-9886, or visit PreferredCares.com
About Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services: Since 1993, Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC), 45 Main Street, Eatontown, N.J., has provided a wide range of medical and non-medical home health care services from pediatric to geriatric care throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. PHHC is accredited by CHAP (Community Health Accreditation Program), an accrediting organization for the home health care industry.
Preferred works collaboratively with physicians, hospitals, nursing homes and facilities to ensure a smooth transition to one’s home. In-house services include skilled nursing care for infants, children, adults, and seniors; personal care services, including bathing, grooming, dressing, feeding, etc.; private duty nursing services; and at-home physical therapy, among others. All of the care can be provided in-house and is coordinated by registered nurses, with clinical supervision available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
New Jersey locations include corporate headquarters, Main Street, Eatontown; South Orange; Robbinsville; Toms River; Galloway; Elmwood Park; North Brunswick; Wyckoff Road, Eatontown; and Mt. Laurel. Pennsylvania locations include Bala Cynwyd, Allentown, and Bensalem. Visit Preferred at PreferredCares.com for more information.
Photo Captions: #1 Judges and Winners: Back row (l. to rt.) Bill Clanton, CEO of Coloring for Life Coloring Books; Andrew Shaw, CEO of Rose Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Joel Markel, radio host of Preferred Company on WOBM-AM and President of Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services.
Front row: Diane Dering, Toms River, 3rd place ($100); Marianne Levy, radio host, Preferred Company on WOBM-AM; Lee Young, Toms River, 1st place ($500); Gloria Ochs, Lakewood, 2nd place ($ 200);
#2 Judges of 2017 Coloring Contest – Bill Clanton, Marianne Levy, Andrew Shaw, and Joel Markel
#3 Some 2017 Elderfest Coloring Contest entries