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The Jester & Pharley Smile Cart |
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READY TO ROLL — Jeff Okey, External Communications Associate for The California Endowment, joins Barbara Saltzman (The Jester's Mom) in front of the three beribboned Jester & Pharley Smile Carts donated to L.A. County+USC Medical Center's Women's and Children's Hospital by The California Endowment. |
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JESTERS
ABOUND — Barbara Oliver, left, Interim Deputy
Executive Director of L.A. County+USC Medical Center's Women's and Children's
Hospital, opens the Smile Cart with the help of The California Endowment's
Jeff Okey to find a VCR, TV and CD-radio-tape unit contributed by Sony
Medical Systems. In addition, the Smile Carts come complete withThe
Jester Has Lost His Jingle, Jester & Pharley Dolls, Jester &
Pharley Curriculum Supplements and Jester & Pharley PhunBooks for
use with patients.
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THREE CARTS
FULL — Interim Deputy Executive Director Barbara
Oliver, left, shares her delight at having three Jester & Pharley
Smile Carts for L.A. County+USC Medical Center patients with, from left,
The Jester's Mom, The California Endowment's Jeff Okey and L.A. County+USC
Director of Development and External Affairs Arlene Silva.
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ENJOYING
THE JESTER'S JINGLE— From left, Director of
Ambulatory Care Mary Barrett, Barbara Saltzman, Jeff Okey, Connie Said
and Inpatient Units Nursing Director Annie Ternate enjoy The Jester's
arrival. "We've used The Jester for several years now, and it's
wonderful being able to share it daily with our patients," said
Ternate.
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A WARM THANK
YOU — The Jester's Mom thanks Jeff Okey and
The California Endowment for its support of The Jester & Pharley
Phund's efforts to bring continuing smiles to young patients with The
Jester & Pharley Smile Cart. Concurring in their appreciation are,
from left, Barbara Oliver, Interim Deputy Executive Director; Connie
Said, Pediatric Clinic Director, and from the right, Annie Ernate, Nursing
Director of Inpatient Units, and Pauline Hunt, R.N. Nursing Care Specialist.
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WHERE LAUGHTER'S
HIDING — Like the little girl in the hospital
in The Jester story, Jennifer Cobar, 1, finds laughter hiding right
inside herself, as she reaches for the jingling Jester & Pharley
Doll. She and many other patients will be able to take The Jester
Has Lost His Jingle and Jester & Pharley Doll home with them,
thanks to the generosity of The California Endowment. Nursing Director
Annie Ternate looks on with delight as Jennifer and other patients smile
with The Jester & Pharley and The Jester's Mom.
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LISTENING
INTENTLY — Wendy Olmos happily goes on The
Jester's journey as The Jester's Mom shares the story of The Jester
& Pharley's quest for laughter, in front of The Jester & Pharley
Smile Carts that ultimately made their way to Pediatric Units on the
sixth floor, to the Pediatric Oncology Clinic and the Pediatric Outpatient
Clinic-all donated to County+USC's Medical Center's Women's and Children's
Hospital by The California Endowment.
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A GIFT OF LAUGHTER — The California Endowment's Jeff Okey gives 9-year-old Jorge (George) Calzada his own copy of The Jester Has Lost His Jingle and Jester & Pharley Doll, part of three Jester & Pharley Smile Carts donated for use by L.A. County+USC patients by The California Endowment. |
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