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The Bakersfield Californian Sunday, November 18, 2012
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Hospital offers prayer, art therapy to sick child BY MELISSA TAYLOR Community contributor
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y daughter, Maddie Taylor, 10, was taken by ambulance to San Joaquin Community Hospital’s emergency room on a recent Sunday morning after she complained of severe stomach pain, and had been running a fever off and on for three days. When we arrived at the hospital, the paramedics and team of nurses got her into the emergency room, hooked her up to an IV to relieve her pain and keep her hydrated. The doctor came in and had blood and urine tests done to find out what was going on with her. After a short period of time, the doctor came back and said she needed to have her appendix removed. Maddie was scheduled to have surgery that same afternoon. She was so brave and said, “If this is causing all my pain, I don’t want it in my body anymore, so I want the surgery to make me feel better.” Maddie’s dad and I were amazed by how courageous she was, and how well she handled every single situation that she faced that day. We were also very grateful for the kind, and compassionate care Maddie received during her
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hospital stay. When Maddie was about to be transported before the operation we noticed that the transporting employee had a badge on her scrub that said: “Need prayer? Just ask me.” My husband said: “That is so cool what your badge says — do you get asked for prayer a lot?” “No, you are my first one,” the transporter said. “I have never been asked." The nurse who had been taking care of Maddie in emergency room said, “I’ll pray.” So we all took each other’s hands as the nurse prayed over Maddie. My husband and I were very impressed and felt such peace — and we knew Maddie was in really good hands. The moments that abruptly put your life on pause are the moments that I can look at and say how precious our lives really are, and remind myself to not take one single day for granted. During Maddie’s recovery at San Joaquin, she received a quilt handmade by Project Linus, a nonprofit group of volunteers from the community who gather and make quilts. They pray over the quilts while they are making them and donate them to the hospital to give to young babies and
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Maddie Taylor, 10, shows her piece she painted through the ArtCare Program during a recent stay at San Joaquin Community Hospital.
children. We learned there is also a pet therapy program called "Our pet partner program,” and several cheerful, kind
hospital staff members who helped Maddie stay in good spirits during her stay, and encouraged her to get up and move around after her surgery. Maddie was offered a chance to paint with a volunteer from the Arts Council of Kern through the hospital’s ArtCare Program. Through that program, San Joaquin and the Arts Council of Kern help bring healing through art and music. Maddie jumped at the chance to paint — and it was an excellent distraction from the pain she was experiencing. Later that day, we found out that Maddie’s painting was chosen to be in the 2013 San Joaquin calendar, and her painting will be featured for the month of June. All the proceeds of the sale of the calendars go towards the cancer center at the hospital. The programs at San Joaquin helped us as a family, and kept our minds focused on the positives while being cooped up in a hospital. We feel very blessed to have had the experience that Maddie and our family had at the hospital. The staff is compassionate, caring, loving, and extremely patient. We are so grateful for all they did.
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Credit union campaigns for Children’s Miracle Network BY JAIME DONIAZ Community contributor
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rom August through September this year, Kern Schools Federal Credit Union participated in the Children’s Miracle Network’s Miracle Balloon and Miracle Jeans Day campaigns. Participation in these campaigns raised funds for children’s services at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, where Children’s Miracle Network provides comfort and treatment to children suffering from both common childhood afflictions, as well as life threatening illnesses. As part of the Miracle Balloon campaign, Kern Schools promoted the very recogniza-
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ble red and yellow Miracle balloons at all branch locations. For a donation of $1 or more, members were able to place a name on a Miracle balloon for display in branch lobbies. Kern Schools team members also showed their support by participating in Miracle Jeans Day, which for a $5 donation allowed an individual to wear jeans on a given work day. For these efforts, Kern Schools on Oct. 30 presented Children’s Miracle Network with a check for $5,430.90. Kern Schools is a proud supporter of Children’s Miracle Network and the assistance it provides children and families facing childhood illnesses.
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Kern Schools Federal Credit Union team members and representatives from Children’s Miracle Network hold a check for $5,430.90, which represents the amount of money Kern Schools raised to help local children and their families facing childhood illnesses.
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Money can buy things, but having health is real ‘wealth’
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itter people move faster. Fitter people have a pep in their step like no other. Yes, money can buy lots of things, but it cannot buy the satisfaction from your choice to be healthy. Put the cigarettes down. Enjoy a glass of wine a day. Eat sensibly. Think of the quality of your life if you choose health.
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You can enjoy your children, your grandchildren and possibly your greatgrandchildren. You can take your family to Disneyland, enjoy the rides, and or just sit and watch them with great posture — all without feeling wiped out at the end of the day. How about getting on airplane? Travel is so much easier when one is fit.
Don’t want to depend on someone to bend down and tie your shoes for you? Stay active — and health follows. Our bodies are meant to move. Your body will thank you for it! Gina Rolow, owner of Body by Gina, is a personal trainer at Anytime Fitness. Rolow conducts one-on-one private sessions. semi-private sessions
and a weekend boot camp. She also teaches fitness at Cal State Bakersfield and has a combined 30 years in the fitness industry. Questions or comments? Email Gina at Fitness4life@yahoo.com.
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School to perform ‘A Christmas Carol’ BY ALICIA HAMMONS Community contributor
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ruitvale Junior High School’s advanced drama class is presenting its five-year anniversary performance of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in the school’s multipurpose room, 2114 Calloway Drive. Doors will open at 6:05 p.m. Cost is $6 for adults, and $4 for children 14 and under, or Fruitvale students. Dickens wrote his “little carol” primarily to address the poverty of England’s poor. At the time, many were trying to make the bakers close their shops on Sundays. This infuriated Dickens because many poor families took their Sunday meals to the bakers to be roasted. Closing the shops would have deprived many of their only hot meal of the week. In addition, most funerals at this time were for children under the age of 10. Those who did survive grew up poor, without an education and were forced to continue the cycle of poverty.
IF YOU GO Fruitvale Junior High’s “A Christmas Carol” DATE: Friday, Nov. 30 TIME: 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:05 p.m.) PLACE: Fruitvale Junior High’s multipurpose room, 2114 Calloway Drive. COST: $6 for adults, $4 for children and Fruitvale Junior High students. Students should attend with a parent or guardian.
Many of Dickens’ characters were based on his real-life family members, including his sister, Fan, and her crippled son. “A Christmas Carol' tells the story of a mean and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is not sensitive to the plight of the poor and doesn’t care about anyone but himself. In the course of one night, he is visited by the spirit of his former business partner, and three other spirits who try to urge Scrooge to become a better man and to care for others.
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Alicia Hammons’ advanced drama class at Fruitvale Junior High will celebrate its fifth year performing Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” on Friday, November 30 at 6:30 p.m.
In the spirit of this great tale, and to ensure that no one in our community goes hungry this holiday season, Fruitvale is asking everyone who attends to bring one can of soup for the soup drive. A $1 discount for the show will
be given to each person who brings a can of soup the night of the performance (limit one discount per person). Please come and enjoy the terrific production, and have a blessed holiday season.
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The Bakersfield Californian Sunday, November 18, 2012