CHRISTMAS AND YEAR ROUND

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The 507-member Auxiliary
and 80-member Candy-
stripers volunteer their time
and kindness to provide 24
services to patients and
visitors, and to raise funds
for medical equipment.

Auxiliary members not on-
ly receive no money for their
work, they receive hittle
recognition, says President
Toni Harvey.

“*These women work for
years and years without even
a pat on the back. They could
be going out to luncheons or
bridge parties, but instead
they’re here, helping,’
Harvey said. On the lapel of
the identifying pink smock,
Harvey wears a small gold
pin which reads ‘‘We Care’’.

In monetary terms, the
Auxiliary’s ‘“‘care’’ has raised
hundreds of thousands of
dollars during its 62-year
history. Last year it con-
tnbuted $238,000 towards
the purchase of a CAT scan-
ner. Of the $108,755 current-
ly in the kitty, the Awuliary
has pledged $20,000 towards
a new ultra sound machine
for cardiac use, and plans to
purchase an infant
resuscitator and ai heated
table for premature babies.

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NEWS photo Eric Eggertson

EILEEN KING, one of over 500 volunteers at

Lions Gate Hospital, puts the final touch on
Christmas decorations in the main lobby.

Volunteers brighten the lives of patients at LGH

by providing many services in a personal, friendly
way.

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toward vanous medical sup-
phes and furnishings that
help make hospital visits
more pleasant.

in terms of service, the
Auxiliary has raised the
spirits of countless patients
and ther families. Services
include free m-room hair-
dressing, an admit-
ting/discharge escort service,
an information centre, and a
room-to-room bookmobile.

**Volunteers are trained to
give emotional support as
well as physical care,’’
Harvey said, and referred to
the Auxiliary’s Public Rela-
tions Emergency service.

“We act as a liaison bet-
ween the nurses and the
families of people brought in-
to emergency. The staff are
far too busy with the patient
to offer much support to the
family,’ she explained.

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Pink ladies bring festive cheer

FOR THE LADIES in pink, Chnstmas means
decorating dozens of trees, painting scores of win-
arranging lots of evergreen boughs. The
holiday cheer they spread through Lions Gate
Hospital is offered in the same spint they display
every day of the year, as workers for the Auxiliary
to the Lions Gate Hospital.

‘*So we're there as a calm-
ing influence, to get coffee,
keep the family informed on
the patient’s condition, and
just generally offer a
shoulder to lean on.’’

In her 30 years of
volunteering, Harvey has
found that the ability to stay
calm in tense, emotional
Situations is a key aspect to a
volunteer’s character.

*“*Someone who volunteers
with the Auxiliary simply
must be a very caring person
and have a good feeling
toward others,’’ she said.
And dependability ts a must
*“*because not only do we de-
pend on them, so do the staff

and patients,’’ Harvey
stressed.
Since not everyone can

cope with the pressures of
work in Emergency or on
wards caring for terminally-
ill patients, volunteers receive
an orientation session and in-
terview before being placed
in any service category.

**T make it clear that this is
not a social club. It is a work-
ing auxiliary,’’ Harvey
stated.

There are few rules for
volunteers: a pledge of con-
fidentiality, a dress code

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