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In This Issue

• These Are Curious Times
• A Changing Arsenal
• A Shocking Diagnosis for a Man
• A One-in-a-Million Breast Cancer Diagnosis
• She Knows the Value of Mammograms
• Mastectomy Was Her Decision
• She's Making Each Day Count
• Grandmother's Strategy: Fight and Pray
• Clinical Trials Advance Treatment Options
• Breast Cancer Surgery Options
• Radiation Therapy Can Keep Cancer from Returning
• Stages of Breast Cancer
• Join the Army of Women Helping Breast Cancer Research
• Ten Cancer Myths
• Breast Cancer Death Rates on the Decline
• Lymphedema Management Program
• Understanding Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer Getting the Facts, Finding Hope
• NorthBay Cancer Center Earns Approval with Six Commendations
• Relay Rallies Funds for American Cancer Society
• Digital Mammography Now Available at Women's Imaging Center
• Cardiac Surgery Has Successful Start
• First Mended Hearts Chapter Forms
• Saving a Heart of Gold
• NorthBay Awarded Chest Pain Center Designation
• NorthBay Health Care Launches Heart & Vascular Interventional Program
• Samer Kanaan, MD Joins Heart & Vascular Surgical Team
• A Dream With Wings
• NorthBay Invests in Green Technology
• Joint Replacement Program Celebrates Second Anniversary
• A Lifetime of Giving
• Wellspring Garners Publication Awards
• NorthBay Guild 'Care Carts' Visit Patients
• Local Teens Take on Nurse Camp
• Genentech's STRIDE Shares Gift with NorthBay's ABC Clinic
• NorthBay's Web Site Has New Look
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Celebrates 24 Years
• Experts Team Up for NorthBay Lecture Series
• Welcome New Physicians Fall 2009
• Community Health Education Classes

NorthBay Guild 'Care Carts' Visit Patients

September 18, 2009 · No Comments

NorthBay Guild Volunteer Pat Schwarf visits patients at NorthBay Medical Center with the popular care cart, offering everything from notions to books and magazines, all at no charge.

NorthBay Guild members are on a real roll—rolling out Care Carts to visit every patient every day.

That's the goal of the program, which began June 1, according to Jane Schilling, director of volunteer services.

The carts are fully stocked with all sorts of goodies, from puzzles and brain teasers to books, magazines, note paper, pens, crayons, ear plugs and sleep masks.

Volunteers are handing out knitting needles, crochet hooks, yarn, cards and more to help folks occupy their time. Patients can even select the game, "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"

If a patient needs to freshen his or her breath, there's sugar-free breath mints and sugar-free candy. There's even Efferdent for those in need.

There are two carts, one at VacaValley Hospital and one at NorthBay Medical Center, and both carts are rolled out to patients between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

In addition, a wooden rose is left for each guest with a note: "Wishing you a speedy recovery."

A penny jar on board the cart is one way patients or guests can contribute. Donations of cart items, such as yarn or crochet hooks, are also welcome, says Schilling. The program is funded by the NorthBay Guild.

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