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Show (Benjamin honored as candystriper of year Monday night - and sometimes twice a week. "It makes you feel great - gives me a special feeling," she said. She said she has made many new friends while serving as a Candystriper. Can-dystriper. Mrs. Greenwood praised April for her willingness to help where and when needed. "When we had the hospital fair, she made snow cones and keep the popcorn machine going. "On another occasion, one of the patients in the hospital needed someone to tend her seven children at home. April tended them lor her. "Another time she dressed as a clown" to help cheer people up. "No matter what she has been asked to do, she has always been willing to do it." Mrs. Greenwood said. f I h - I v - i i ' r ' : 7 I ' , . V : . J April Benjamin was named Candystriper of the Year for the state at the Utah Association of Hospital Auxiliaries meeting held in Salt Lake City recently. She has been a volunteer Candystriper Can-dystriper at American Fork Hospital for the past four years, and says she could hardly wait until she was old enough to serve. "I was 13 when we moved here and I found out about the program from other people," the Pleasant Grove teenager said. "When I talked to Mrs. Greenwood (LaRae Greenwood, hospital auxiliary coordinator) she told me I had to be 14 before I could join, so on my 14th birthday I called her. She was interviewed and has been a member of the group since, observing ob-serving her 18th birthday last week. During her time at the hospital, she worked for two years in the Nursery, and in the Emergency Room for one year. Now she is "back on the floor and I like it too." When in the nursery, she said it was exciting when she got to help with the newborn babies, giving them their first water, etc. She said she also has assisted in the pharmacy, running errands for them and doing whatever asked to do. She works at the hospital everv A senior at Pleasant Grove High School, April will be leaving the hospital after graduation to take a job in California but she has already checked the hospital out there, she said. She had been named Candystriper of the year at American Fork Hospital prior to having her nomination entered in the state competition. She is the daughter of Joseph and Darla Benjamin. April Benjamin I |
