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Duke Hospitai., TntkkCom Page 5 THE “HEART” OF THE THAXKS(!IV1X(; RAKK SALE: a full Chri.stinas stot'kiiij;- and a siiiih* of j;lee. Little (’iiuly Lou Vanse beams hap pily in iier bed ou Howland, while she shows you what the proceeds from the Auxiliary’s annual bake sale will provide' for all the little i)atients hos pitalized on (’hristinas Day. (l)id\(> |)l\olo by Sparks) From The Auxiliary By Carolyn Hackney Let’s ask the (luestion—“Why the Auxiliary?” While it is a fact that the Auxiliary ffives financial aid to the Medical (’enter, this is not our prime reason for existiuff. Indeed, our idtimate aim is service to the patients. Money can’t buj" happiness, but it can cheer a lonely child hospitalized through Christmas. It can hel]) provide a quiet retreat of j)cace and comfort—a hospital chapel. These are ex])ansions of service with the patients’ welfare in mind. This should be our creed ; S elfiessness E nthusiasm R ecruitment V olunteers r C ooperation p] xpansion You notice apjiarently we left one letter open—I. This isn’t a blank; it’s a word—I! I know the purpose; I give myself; no one can jrive me. And how do I serve—let’s count the ways: the Library Cart "oes to the wards three days a week; the Majja- zine C^art to the staff wards once a week. The Shoj) Cart goes up every day to serve patients who can’t get aroiuid. Occupational Therapy re ceives special aid. Pediatrics Serv ice stocks and “staffs” a i)layroom. Reception and Guide services help many a confused person to find his way. Coffee? They disj)ense simcks, to be sure, but they do a little of everything else, too; listen to the lonely, make ’j)hone calls, act as walking “Ycdlow Pages” in cherry piid smocks. And the revenue from the coffee and sandwiches (14,400 cups of coffee aiul 27,l(i7 sandwiches in October alone!) comes back into the expanded services that would be non existent if Coffee were not there! In his talk at the conclusion of the recent Auxiliary Symposium, Dr. Cleland said: “While hospitals might exist without you, they cannot live without you.” Auxiliary Symposium “A” for effort and “A” for achievement—those should be the grades earned by the Duke Hospital Auxiliary’s state-wide Sym])osium Memorial Gifts for Hospital Chapel The Duke Hospital Auxiliary now has api)ropriate cards w'ith which to acknow’ledge memorial contributions to the Hospital (!hapel Fund. One card notifies the family of the contribution; the otlu>r goes to the donor to acknowl edge the gift. Anyone wishing to make a memorial contribution in this manner, should direct it to the Duke Hospital Auxiliary. Gels an ”A” held October 11-12. Credit for a job well done belongs to the Auxiliary’s Symposium Committee and in partic ular to the Coordinator, Mrs. II. Shel ton Smith. Attended by 140 delegates (28 from Duke) from lUi hospitals representing (i,2!)4 beds, the Symposium did uuich fo foster good will with auxiliary mendii'rs in other hosj)itals through out till' state. It also served to stinui- late interest in the newly organized Auxiliary Council of the State Hos pital Association. Kudos from the American Hospital Association and from hospital administrators around the state confirm the judgment that the program was a valuable contribu tion.
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