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PRINCESS ON WHEELS: Emma Ham, 5, is transported by staff from the old El Camino Hospital facility to the new one on Sunday, Nov. 15. Emma’s appendix was taken out the day before, but she was receiving “princess” treatment from hospital staff, according to her parents. She was the first pediatric patient to be moved as part of a well-rehearsed switch to El Camino’s new facility, which came online Sunday morning. A total of 119 patients were moved in a little over four hours. For full story, see page 1.
Ladies join forces in Hope to Health
LOC A L PH I L A N T H RO PY G RO U P FORMED TO ADDRESS W O M E N ’S H E A LT H I SS U E S By Kelsey Mesher
F breast es pose for a picture at H2H's recent Judie Wolken (left) and Betsy Daw Salon in Los Altos. cancer awareness event at Pinkies Nail
or local women looking for hope, and working towards better health, there’s Hope to Health. Hope to Health, or H2H, is a women’s philanthropy group that funds projects and programs specifically for women at El Camino Hospital. The group is based on a similar organization at a hospital in Florida. H2H was founded in 2005, when about 20 women approached El Camino, taking out a charter under its Foundation. “We decided that we wanted to put together a group of women who were interested in philanthropy but wanted a voice in where that money would go,” said member
Betsy Dawes, who has been involved with H2H since its inception. Members of H2H pay $1,000 annually, and 100 percent of that money, Dawes said, goes to fund their projects — all of which are related to women’s health, and are located within the El Camino Hospital District. The members meet monthly, and every year draw up a project list that is approved by vote. “It’s just women who really want to have an impact at this level and who are already believers in the hospital and its mission,” Dawes said. She added that “A lot of the women are involved in other aspects” of See HOPE TO HEALTH, page 22 NOVEMBER 20, 2009 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■
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