The new name, the Penny Doerge Adaptive Academy, honors a former HSS patient and will continue to offer trips and recreational and creative activities such as rock climbing, surfing, skiing and dancing to pediatric patients at no cost, according to an Aug. 30 press release.
The activities aim to promote confidence, encourage independence, reinforce therapy goals and increase physical activity, creativity and mobility for teens and kids with a range of disabilities.
The renaming will be celebrated on Nov. 8 at the 2023 Hospital for Special Surgery Benefit for Pediatrics.
Many of the program’s participants, ranging in age from 3 to 22, have had surgeries at HSS for cerebral palsy or other physical conditions affecting movement, muscle control or balance.
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