Cedars-Sinai Newsroom (Volunteers)
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2022
September
20,
2022
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07:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As the COVID-19 pandemic eases, many people are going back: back to work, back to school, back to normal lives.But one group that hasn’t gone back is the volunteers. Across the U.S., volunteer activity remains low, even as charitable giving has rebou...
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2021
April
20,
2021
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06:13 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Ruth and Harry Roman Emergency Department at Cedars-Sinai sees more than 85,000 patients each year. Among the first to greet those patients and their loved ones–even during the coronavirus pandemic–are Cedars-Sinai’s blue-coated volunteers, who a...
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2020
February
12,
2020
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Around Cedars-Sinai, Susan Nicholson is known simply as "the heart lady."
That's because since 2013 Nicholson has been making and delivering roughly 50 crocheted hearts each week to patients, visitors and employees—anyone who looks like they could...
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2019
December
20,
2019
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Animal Planet recently featured Cedars-Sinai volunteer and employee Maureen Chin, MSN, RN, CPN, associate nursing director of Pediatric Services and her dog Marley, highlighting how therapy dogs can help decrease a patient’s pain and simultaneously b...
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June
15,
2019
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Spectrum News 1 recently featured Cedars-Sinai volunteer Patricia Magicia Marquis, who prescribes a dose of magic to surprise and delight patients admitted to the medical center.
Marquis is one of three volunteers at Cedars-Sinai who perform magi...
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May
17,
2019
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
On the worst day of her life, Rebecca Woolf found comfort in the most unexpected way. As her husband lay dying in his hospital bed, the sound of a harp wafted in.
Intrigued, Woolf went into the hallway to chat briefly with the harpist, Una O'Donov...
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May
02,
2019
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai volunteer Patricia Marquis, whose stage name is Patricia Magicia, uses magic for more than just entertainment. She uses her craft as a welcome distraction for patients facing an array of illnesses.
“I bring sunshine to people who may ...
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2018
October
30,
2018
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16:17 PM
America/Los_Angeles
It’s a Cedars-Sinai tradition: Families of babies being cared for in the Cedars-Sinai Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) have the opportunity to dress their tiny infants in specially made costumes for Halloween. The costumes are all hand-sewn by vol...
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