http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog A Reunion Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:14:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 3rd Reunion of former patients, staff, volunteers and families of the Michigan Hospital School, Michigan Convalescent Home, and the Sister Kenny Hospital -- all names of the early children's hospital in Farmington -- will be held this fall.  If you'd like to come, contact Kimberly Gimmarro or Pam Everidge ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=223 Mark your calendars!  Welcome Home - A Reunion 2009 will be held Saturday, July 11, 2009 at Botsford Commons Senior Community.  We welcome those affiliated with the Michigan Hospital School in Farmington, Michigan back for a special day! Reconnect with your past, and tell your story!  This is the year we will establish ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=163 The "Casual Ts" and "Piquette Ts" chapers of the Model T Ford Club International will be at Botsford Commons on Saturday, June 26, 2010 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for their "Trip Down Memory Lane" tour.  Model Ts were built by the Ford Motor Company between 1908 and 1927.  ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=231 Saturday, July 11, 2009, we welcomed back 40 former patients, their families, and a relative of a two former staff members.  Along with those present, Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library Director Michael O. Smith led a team of archivists in cataloguing early photographs and memorabilia from those affiliated with the ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=218 Our thanks to the Farmington Rotary Club for the opportunity to share with them on April 21, 2009, the early history of Botsford Commons, which includes the history of the local children's hospital - a hospital which treated debilitating childhood illnesses including polio and tuberculosis. Their members are involved in Rotary ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=215 The former patients that we've heard from frequently ask, "have you heard from?"  Absent patient registers to tell us who was here, we've opened this space to try to meet that need.  If you were here, and are trying to locate another patient, we hope you'll find this page helpful.  ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=171 On March 6, 2009, the Rotarians of the Rotary Club of West Bloomfield were presented the history of the early children's hospital, including photographs from the Botsford Commons collection, and the Farmington Community Library Heritage Collection. One member mentioned she had been sent to the hospital in her younger years as ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=167 On Thursday, January 29, 2009, Generations at Botsford members were treated to a bit of local Farmington history...the story of the Michigan Hospital School!  The campus which once served as a Farmington base for this hospital is now Botsford Commons Senior Community.  Two of the three original hospital buildings remain ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=160 On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, Kimberly Gimmarro, Executive Assistant and campus historian for Botsford Commons, delivered a presentation on the history of the Farmington children's hospital at the October meeting of the Farmington Historical Society. Many thanks to Brian Golden, President of the Farmington Historical Society for both the invitation to share, ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=146 At our first Welcome Home reunion event, held September 13, 2008, we asked those present to share their story.  To prompt their personal recollections of time spent at the children's hospital, we provided a brief list of questions: When were you diagnosed and how did you arrive here? Describe a typical day. Which staff do ... http://www.botsfordcommons.org/blog/?p=137