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Pink Ladies Donate Tale ts,

lime. to Hospital Patie ts

If patients at Santa Claritu tor of the Auxiliary. traveled a reat distance to
Hospital need a let ter writ- Organization of the group be near cri• Uy ill patients
ten, a new hair-do, or just ;, cam,e about hen some wom- -who were able to find a
·heery hello they don't hav · en in the Methodist Church place to s ep while they
long to wait. decided accident ictims often were needed1 in the area. form an auxiliary, the pres- in
The members of the anta had great needs following With the e things in mind, ent Santa Clarita Valley C.
Clarita ath~_ umc>n's Au>--• the mishap which injured the women ranged to help Women's Auxiliary, open to
iliary, known as the Pink them - such as those vie• in such 5itua ions. Several of all women in the ar a who
Ladies, ha e been busily tims who lost all of their the women till felt; howev• want to give their crvic: .
fulfilling these patient needs clothing in accidents. er, that mor could be done Name Officers
and many others for about Offer Help and felt th service should The auxiliary is governed
eight months. They also became aware of be a full co unity project. by its own by-laws and elec-
Donate Time the problems of vis.i.to.·s who Thus it w decided to ted officers. Officers elected In addition to regular a·: ·
There are '1ow 12 active iliary duties, the women h J
members in the Auxiliar supervise the candy stripe ·.
who donate their time and
abilities to help patients at The candy strip rs are u1 •
the hospital. Through their der the direction of Mrs.
work, they somewhat light- Oleita Hickox. Mrs. John
en the work load of hospital dine' is the junior adviso •
personnel and pro ide an add with Mrs. Auby Lee as h
ed service to the patients assistant. Both Mrs. Bodine
which the nurses do not and Mrs. Lee are members
have time to provide. of the Pink Ladies.
In addition to writing I t- Bright red and white
ters and isiting with the striped pinafores with white
patients, they help to feed blouses distinguish the candy
patients who need help, take stripers. During the school ·
juice to the patients during year, the girls worked most-
the day, arrange flowers to ly after school and on we K
brighten the hospital room ·, ends, but during summer va-
provide games, and have cations the girls are workin~
fitted up a book cart for the daily.
patients' use.
Recently, the Pink Ladies, fficers of t,h candy strip-
identifiable by their pink ers, elected in June, include:
~ ctf res, and whitf' blou :. Marth a Atkins, president·
: , , c also been helping with Pat Reyes, vice-president;1
n ·cup Oona! therapy wh re Sally Longoria, secretary-
n d, . treasurer; and June Butts
as Hostesses and Mary Munoz, co-pre.
Hospital Week in chairmen.
ay, the Pink Ladies acted
The hospital provides uni•
as ostesses at an open forms for the Pink Ladic- .
house tea for the public.
Initial steps in the forma- Anyone wishing furthc,·
tion of the Pink Ladies were information about the auxil-
taken la t October, but mem- iary may contact any of the
bers did not actually begin PAUSE FOR CHAT - Pink Ladie Santa Clarita Hospital. The book Pink Ladies. For information
working in t h e hospital Mrs. H. G. Barton, left, and Mrs. cart and juice cart are among he about the candy triper. ,
unti l D mb r. a('cording to Auby Lee, right, pause for a hall- patient services off red by the con tact 4 rs. Bodine
Mrs. harles Bean, second way vi it with Mrs. Lena Hunt- Pink Ladies. Miss Atkins.
vice pr sident and coordina- inger, assi tant administrator of