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October 12, 2024
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Yavneh Academy Students Deliver ‘Do Good Doggies’ to Hackensack Hospital

Representatives of the seventh grade of Yavneh Academy were privileged to deliver decorated stuffed animals for ill children to Hackensack Hospital as part of the “Do Good Doggies” program. This program is a culmination of the unit in their advisory class “When Life Gives You Lemons,” which focuses on the ability to cope with adversity in life. In their advisory lessons, students learn about resiliency and how to bounce back from disappointment in life. They learn other coping skills like positive self-talk. They are trained in combating negative thinking, stress management, affirmations and self- esteem boosts. All these lessons lead to a program at which the children decorate stuffed animals with positive thoughts for ill children in the hospital. Before beginning the decorating, they were trained by a child life specialist in the “do’s and don’ts” of encouraging ill children. The Yavneh students are grateful that their “doggies” are finding a good home at Hackensack Hospital.

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