Volunteer Spotlight

Nicole Hartmann

Youth and Volunteering

Nicole Hartmann, a sophomore at Elmira College in New York, joined the Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey team this summer as an intern. A former Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey scholarship winner and Camp Nova counselor, Nicole will be leading the efforts of the newly formed New Jersey Youth Council. From September 18-20, 2008, Nicole will be representing New Jersey Youth with Epilepsy at the National Youth Leadership Institute in Dallas, Texas. The conference is part of the National Epilepsy Foundation Annual Leadership Conference. The Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey looks forward to continual work with Nicole.

(left) Executive Director, Eric Joice with Walter Baker (right)

EFNJ Salutes Walter Baker

The Epilepsy Foundation of NJ's History of Epilepsy in America Project (HEAP) Advisory Board celebrated Walter Baker's 100th birthday at a dinner last month. Walter, a Montgomery Township historian and former sanitarian at the New Jersey Village for Epilepstics's successor institution, received a brass plate inscribed "The Walter C. Baker Room". It is hoped that the plate will be affixed at a museum on epilepsy in Montgomery one day. Walter will also be a special guest at the Annual Awards Ceremony on September 23rd.

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