Christies Organizes Halloween Surprise at Mountainside Hospital – Montclair, NJ Patch

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Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey, an exclusive affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, voted Christie’s Affiliate of the Year in 2017 and 2018, recently joined forces with other Realtors®, mortgage officers, and students in the Hoboken and Montclair regions to surprise the young patients of the Mountainside Children’s Specialized Hospital on Wednesday, October 30 with festive Halloween fun, costumes and goodie bags.

Realtor® Associates, mortgage officers, and students from the region dressed up in costume to bring an added layer of fun to the children. The group included agents from local real estate offices, loan officers and lenders from affiliated mortgage companies, and students from a local high school. The group brought with them a variety of costumes and candy to support the Halloween celebration for children in the hospital’s long-term care unit.

“We were very excited to join with our industry peers to bring some Halloween happiness to the Mountainside Children’s Specialized Hospital last week,” said Juan Rivera, Regional Vice President for Hudson & Essex County at Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey. “Our team had a great time meeting and entertaining all of the wonderful patients and professionals at the hospital. We count ourselves lucky to have had the opportunity to spend some time with these inspiring children and to be part of making their Halloween so special and memorable.”

The patients at the hospital go trick-or-treating around the hospital units, as they are unable to go out into the community due to their sensitive medical conditions. The hospital makes every effort to make it special for the children, decorating the hallways and letting them dress up as they go room to room. The costumes provided by Christie’s were put to good use by the children the following day.

The group was also given a tour of the facilities and a presentation regarding the day-to-day operations and funding of the hospital. The Mountainside Children’s Specialized Hospital is a children’s rehabilitation hospital in Mountainside, NJ. Housing 140 beds, the hospital was founded in 1891 and supports a wide range of research and care in five core areas: autism, mobility, cognition, brain injury and chronic illness.

Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey is an exclusive Affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate (CIRE) and the recipient of the Christie’s Affiliate of the Year award in 2017 and 2018. The CIRE brand is a powerhouse global real estate network of more than 31,000 agents across 50 countries, representing an annual sales volume of more than $100 billion. CIRE – Northern New Jersey has offices in Mahwah, Franklin Lakes/Wyckoff, Ridgewood, Ho-Ho-Kus, Hoboken, Allendale/Ramsey, Montclair and Summit, NJ. With a staff of accomplished real estate agents and brokers, its clients receive the highest levels of customer service and customized, personalized real estate services. CIRE – Northern New Jersey provides local expertise with global connections. For more information, call 201-962-9551 or visit www.christiesrennj.com.

PHOTO CAPTION: Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey Realtor® Associates spent the day with the children at Mountainside Children’s Specialized Hospital providing costumes for trick-or-treating along with other special Halloween goodie bags. Pictured from left to right are Mikey Nives, Ben Gonzalez, Karen De Jesus, Annemarie Sexton, Tiara Van Nortwick, Sophia Vazac, Jane Estes, Juan Rivera, Bryan Struk, Mary Jane DiNardo, Cara Batelli, Trip Patterson, Elaine Brens, Tanisha Johnson, Lorena Abarca, and Kathy Petsinis.

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