Matheny will be at the Abilities Expo this weekend! Visit us at Booth # 1319 and Booth # 1321.
The Abilities Expo is the leading consumer show for the disability community, showcasing interactive experiences (like adaptive rock climbing), engaging speakers and workshops, and hundreds of life-enhancing products and services. Matheny will have two tables: a general information table about all of our services and facilities at Booth # 1319, as well as a table featuring information and merchandise from the Matheny Arts Access program at Booth # 1321.
For information on accessibility and accommodations, visit the Abilities Expo Show Services website, 🔗 below. Admission is free but be sure to register ahead of time!
04/28/2026
With the warmer weather, BBQ season is fast approaching! Enjoy the delicious, saucy, smoky flavors with us at Miles for Matheny!
Please join us in thanking this year’s BBQ Sponsor, Pfizer. With their long history of innovation and a proven dedication to help people live healthier lives, we are proud to count Pfizer among our corporate sponsors!
Don’t forget! Early bird prices (available now through 4/30) are just $28 per adult and $18 per child for a full day of fun. Register now, 🔗 below.
04/27/2026
Matheny has a career opportunity available for a Full Time Registered Clinical Dietician. New graduates welcome to apply!
Join our dedicated team and make a difference in people’s lives. Learn more and apply with the 🔗 below.
04/27/2026
Don’t forget! Early bird pricing for Miles for Matheny is available now through 4/30 (that’s this Thursday). Just $28 per adult and $18 per child! Find the 🔗 in the comments.
Join us at Miles for Matheny on Saturday, May 30th, as we continue to celebrate Matheny’s 80th Anniversary.
04/26/2026
Recently in the Arts Access studio, Cheryl was working on a new canvas. She started by swirling red and blue paint on different parts of the canvas. Cheryl discussed layering one color on top of the other with the facilitator, who explained how it would look different depending on if she did it right away, while the paint was still wet, or how it would look if she waited until the paint was dry. Cheryl decided to wait until the paint dried to layer the colors.
We can’t wait to see how this piece turns out! Great work, as always, Cheryl.
04/25/2026
We’d like to wrap up Volunteer Appreciation Week with acknowledging the incredibly vital volunteers we have at Miles for Matheny every year!
Our signature annual event has so many moving parts there is no way we could pull it all off without the incredible help we receive from our many event volunteers. From helping attendees sign in at registration and guiding runners along the trail path, to helping serve food at the BBQ table and operating the face painting table, our Miles for Matheny volunteers are integral parts of the entire day.
To those volunteers who have helped just once, and those who have helped year after year, thank you all!
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Are you interested in being a Miles for Matheny Volunteer this year? We still have positions available! Either fill out the Volunteer Sign Up Form online, 🔗 below, or email our volunteer coordinator, Julia at: jbono@matheny.org
04/24/2026
It’s National Volunteer Appreciation Week! ❤️
All this week, we are highlighting some of the outstanding volunteers here at Matheny. Our volunteers contribute in so many different ways, and there is no way we can thank them enough!
Today we want to express our gratitude all of our corporate partners who give their time and service to Matheny.
One such corporate partner is Daiichi Sankyo, who has gone the extra mile for our residents in so many ways. From planting flowers and beautify our group homes to building picnic tables and benches for our Peapack campus and group homes, their employees have made such a positive impact in our resident’s daily lives.
Thank you DSI for your continued support and volunteerism at Matheny!
04/24/2026
Earlier this week, the Matheny residents celebrated Earth Day with a Fashion Show throughout campus! Everyone’s creativity and compassion for the environment were on full display!
04/24/2026
Check it out! Matheny artist Phil Fisher is featured in this exhibit at Monmouth Museum. Way to go, Phil!
✨ Now on view in our 46th Annual Juried Exhibition ✨
🎨"About Time" by Philip Fisher
🖌 Acrylic on canvas (16 × 20 in) | 💵 $500
📩 DM to purchase
04/23/2026
It’s National Volunteer Appreciation Week! ❤️
All this week, we are highlighting some of the outstanding volunteers here at Matheny. Our volunteers contribute in so many different ways, and there is no way we can thank them enough!
Today we want to recognize the The Friends of Matheny!
Over the last 40 years, they have had an enormous impact Matheny's students and patients by fundraising and providing crucial support for unique programs and activities. The Friends are also tireless volunteers at the Second Chance Thrift Shop, Miles for Matheny, and other special events.
From outfitting Matheny sports teams and providing new technology for clients, such as iPads, SMART boards, and adapted cameras, to funding building renovations and trips to live theater performances, the Friends of Matheny have and continue to be a huge source of support for Matheny.
Thank you for being an essential piece of our !
Learn more about the Friends on their website, 🔗 below.
04/23/2026
Will we see you at Abilities Expo?
Join us on May 1-3 at the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center in Edison for a weekend full of inclusive experiences, innovative technologies, valuable resources, hands-on workshops and so much more.
Visit us at the main Matheny booth ( # 1319) or the Arts Access booth ( # 1321) all weekend!
Register now for this free event! 🔗 below.
04/22/2026
Color
great big mountains covered in snow
sunshine
the blue sky
sunsets
beaches
gray, purple, white, blue
winter
spring
fall
fields & plants
--Mike Martin, “Nature”
Every April we love to celebrate with the writers from Matheny Arts Access! This week, we have a piece from Mike Martin, who’s avant garde style is always very evocative.
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Matheny’s mission is to provide exceptional care and an optimal quality of life for children and adults with special needs and medically complex developmental disabilities.
Overview
Matheny is a special hospital for children and adults with medically complex developmental disabilities . . . a special education school providing academics, combined with functional life skills, for students, ages 3-21 . . . and a comprehensive outpatient center meeting the health care needs of people with all types of disabilities in the community. Matheny also trains healthcare professionals, therapists and educators in how to work effectively with persons who have developmental disabilities.
Matheny’s main campus in Peapack, NJ, is home to 101 children and adults with developmental disabilities. Its five group homes, located in Somerset and Warren counties, provide a residence in the community for an additional 30 adults. Many of the children and adults currently at Matheny, in addition to their primary diagnoses, have a long list of associated clinical conditions such as vision and hearing deficits, seizure disorders, mental retardation and dysphagia, with resulting aspiration problems.
While the great majority of Matheny patients have cerebral palsy as their primary diagnoses, Matheny also has patients with spina bifida, Lesch-Nyhan Disease (LND) and a wide range of uncommon conditions including Rett syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Cornelia De Lange syndrome, Wolf-Hirshorn syndrome and 4Q Deletion syndrome. Lesch-Nyhan Disease is a rare x-linked recessive disorder associated with cognitive impairment, high levels of uric acid in the blood, kidney involvement and the hallmark symptom — severe and involuntary self-injurious behaviors. Matheny is recognized as the leading source of information on care issues regarding LND.
