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Show i1 - v-i -i ' N ' " tin! ! i ;! 4 ' I ' ) " 7 j 1 i . ) a-s II ':: ;? i i 1 )' . r !'' ; CANDY STRIPERS Eileen Hall, Barbara Newman, seated and back, Linda Bethers, Pam Newman, Laurie McCausland, and Debbie Carson, absent, are Candy Stripers at hospital. Six Pleasant Grove High Girls Are andy Stripers' at Hospital Six girls from the Pleasant Grove High School are "Candy Stripers" at American Fork Hospital. They are Laurie McCausland, Mc-Causland, daughter of James and Ann Fisher; Linda Bethers, daughter of Dale and Edith Bethers; Debbie Carson, daughter daugh-ter of John and Emma Carson; Eileen Hall, daughter of James and Lorna Hall; Pam and Barbara Bar-bara Newman, daughters of Robert and Jean Newman. These young ladies are hospital hos-pital volunteers who wear pink-and-white striped uniforms. uni-forms. There are now over 168,000 such "Candy Stripers" serving in more than 2,500 hospitals in the U.S.A. A "Candy Striper" is important import-ant in a hospital because she supplies that extra pair of helping help-ing hands that can made a patient's stay in the hospital more comfortable and pleasant . . . and added touch to the trained services of the hospital staff. The "Candy Striper" adds a "lift" no one else can supply .... because she's young, eager, enthusiastic . . . and cares enough to take her time to come and do her "best to help. These co-eds work four to five hours a day, one day a week. Two girls work together on each floor. Before going on duty, every "Candy Striper" takes a training course which includes a series of lectures, tours of the hospital, demonstration demon-stration on how to make a bed, arrange the gift cart, etc. Being a ''Candy Striper" provides pro-vides personal satisfaction that comes from bringing happiness to others. It helps the young person understand the various type of health careers that a hospital offers. This opportunity opportun-ity helps to develop their personality per-sonality and maturity by learning learn-ing how to meet and work with other people, patients and professional staff. |
