Location: St. Barnabas Ambulatory Center (Click for directions)
Date: October 1, 2001
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Please RSVP to kiddietalk@yahoo.com or leave a message at (732) 871-6013.

October 1st, 2000 was a time where most schools and homes already had fun orange and golden Halloween and Fall decorations of leaves and pumpkins sprinkled around. Parents talked with each other about what costumes their children would wear. Adults put candy corn in candy dishes on their desks at work. Stores were stocked high with yummy tricks and treats...

The Cherab Support Meeting for October 1st, 2001 was originally scheduled to share information from the Oxford Conference in the UK September 20-22. Originally, Marilyn Agin MD, Robert Katz PhD, Lori Roth MA CCC-SLP, Suzanne Smolyar and I were invited by Dr. Alexandra Richardson and her colleagues at Oxford to attend and present our scientific findings from Cherab at the Oxford conference. After the attack, at first we all cancelled due to fears of flying to the UK the week after. Then Robert Katz did choose to attend the UK Oxford Conference to present the poster presentation from himself, Marilyn Agin MD, and Lori Roth MA CCC-SLP on behalf of Cherab Foundation. Thanks to Dr. Alexandra Richardson and the Oxford Conference and thanks to Dr. Katz, we do have great and exciting information to share that will help all of our children, and we will share that... next month. Like the Oxford Conference, we originally had thought of canceling this October 1st, 2001 meeting, and then decided to go ahead with it, for the following reasons.

The 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center was a horrific day that changed all of our lives. Over six thousand innocent and unsuspecting moms, dads, brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors, coaches, teachers, and children, all who were around last October 1st to get caught up in the innocent seasonal activities, were horrifically killed in a cowardly attack.

It changed us because it showed many of us, personally, just how low and evil a human is capable of being towards humanity.

Many of us in the New York area were affected personally. Images are not just of pictures. Images are memories of our children's school, our husband's place of work, our home... Images are now of people from all countries (who, yes, all live together in harmony in New York) working together in love and pride to help each other and support each other.

We know that there is good and evil in the world, and it's what we choose to align with. Most of us choose to build rather than knock down, most of us choose to support, rather than condemn.

It changed us because it showed many of us personally, just how beautiful and loving a human is capable of being towards humanity

That's the spirit and belief that all of us from Cherab Foundation would like to share for this month's meeting. In memory and in light of the tragedy, we are still standing, and together we are still helping each other, and helping our children and sharing goodness.

This month's meeting is for anyone that wants to come out and just talk among friends, and have some questions answered. Larry Laveman, MD will be one of the professionals on hand to answer questions you may have about your child during these times. Cherab Foundation is here to support, build, and help all of you, and all of your children.