ALL DRESSED UP — And ready to be unveiled is The Jester & Pharley Smile Cart donated by students at Viejo Elementary School to CHOC at Mission. It is the first Smile Cart to be entirely funded by student efforts. Filled with Jester books and dolls, the Smile Cart also includes a TV, VCR, and CD-radio-audio unit donated by Sony Medical Systems as part of its For the Kids program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY STAFF — Child Life Specialists Conni Van Billiard, left, and Wendy Reynolds, second from right, join The Jester's Mom, Barbara Saltzman, and Clinical Manager Marci Wellington, far right, in looking over The Jester & Pharley books and dolls that they will be distributing to their patients, thanks to the generosity of Viejo Elementary students. "The Jester & Pharley Smile Cart gives patients a reason to get out of bed," says Reynolds. "It helps their healing process, too."

YOUNG FUNDRAISERS — Overwhelmed
Viejo Elementary students are thanked by The Jester's Mom for their hard work in raising funds for a Jester & Pharley Smile Cart. "What you did is so selfless and so important that you may not even have an idea how much you've done," The
Jester's Mom, says.

 

PROUD PRINCIPAL — Jayne Martin, right, the principal of Viejo Elementary, thanks her students, parents and others for their contributions. "It was a truly community effort," she says.

PASSING INSPECTION — Viejo Elementary students and Principal Jayne Martin, center, join CHOC at Mission staff and The Jester's Mom in inspecting The Jester & Pharley Smile Cart, which comes with a TV, VCR, and CD-radio-audio unit donated by Sony Medical Systems.