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BROOKLYN PSYCHIATRIC CENTERS NAMES PROGRAM
IN HONOR OF ROSE GELORMINO

BROOKLYN, NY—May 8, 2002—Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, Inc. renamed its STAR (Support Team for Awareness and Responsibility) Program the “Rose Gelormino STAR Program” at a dedication ceremony this evening honoring the late Mrs. Gelormino.

The STAR Program, a division of Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, is an on-site licensed mental health program located in various schools throughout District 15 in Brooklyn.  The STAR program provides counseling services to school children experiencing emotional difficulties that are affecting their learning abilities and/or behavior, while maintaining the children in regular educational classes.  Counseling consists of individual, family, or group treatment.

“Mrs. Gelormino is being recognized because the faith, love, care, and support she exhibited during her lifetime are qualities that enable us to “Imagine” a better world,” said Dr. Pamela Straker, executive director of Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers.  “We are honored that the Gelormino family would lend the name of their beloved mother to this vital program.”

Mary Gelormino, Rose Gelormino’s daughter, a vice president at Fleet Bank, was honored by Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers with the agency’s Imagine Award at its Friendraiser in April 2001.  Mary Gelormino and her four brothers, Generoso, Anthony, Louis, and James, unveiled the plaque and cut the ribbon for the program named after their mother at the ceremony at Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers’ downtown headquarters.
 
“May the spirit of the Rose Gelormino STAR Program provide the hope, inspiration, and imagination to all people this program will serve so that they will never give up hope,” Mary Gelormino said. “And regardless of the challenges they face, may they step beyond and reach their unreachable star.”

Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, is a 95-year-old nonprofit mental health agency serving New York residents.  With its programs, Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers provides more than 60,000 visits to adults, seniors, and their families annually.  The agency is one of Brooklyn’s oldest mental health agencies and continues to be at the forefront of innovation in treatment.

For more information about Brooklyn Psychiatric Centers, please call 718-875-5625.