{"id":270490,"date":"2026-06-18T04:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/270490\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T04:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T04:12:12","slug":"st-marys-annual-prom-queens-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/270490\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Mary\u2019s Annual Prom &#8211; Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St. Mary\u2019s Healthcare System for Children recently hosted its annual prom. The event is part of St. Mary\u2019s Medical Day Healthcare Program, which supports young people with cognitive and physical disabilities. Many of the patients have never had the opportunity to attend a prom before, making this celebration especially meaningful for them and their families. This year\u2019s event featured music, dancing, a photo booth, and a dessert bar, all thoughtfully designed to create an inclusive and joyful experience.<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary\u2019s cares for children and young adults with medically complex conditions, partnering with families to provide personalized support\u2013 not only for medical care, but also for moments that make childhood and young adulthood special, like experiencing prom.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-203601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4238.heic\" alt=\"\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-203605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4240.heic\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-203609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4247.heic\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-203613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4250.heic\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-203625 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4247-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-203629 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_4250-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The prom is part of St. Mary\u2019s Medical Day Healthcare Program, which supports young people with cognitive and physical disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Mary\u2019s Healthcare System for Children recently hosted its annual prom. The event is part of St. Mary\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-270490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}