THE MICHIGAN DAILY ItTrNnAV- TirV.W.MIVllt. 6 1 fiNR PLANS BEGUN LAST JANUARY: 'U' Hospital Plans Yule Parties i e : : :: By RICHARD TAUB be given stockings to hang at the Children in University hospital 1 foot of their beds. Hospital teach- certainly won't have a dull Christ-e .p mas. ers will have been keeping separ- Plans have been underway since ate stockings and filling them last January for this year's yule- with gifts, many of which were tide season. A series of parties contributed by University students, are planned for every patient they think each child will like. The (teenagers and adults) as well as hospital school staff is familiar for all the children in the hos- with the interests of each child so pital. that each gift stocking will have The first of these parties will a personalized quality. Late be some time this week. "Some Christmas eve the stockings will people' wonder why we begin so be switched. early," Miss Mary Ann Bancroft, Santa To Be Present assistant director of University "There really will be a Santa Hospital School, said. "Many for those children," Miss Bancroft children who are going home be- said. fore Christmas would otherwise Right now the children them- miss the scheduled parties."s selves are getting ready for -Daily-Dick Gaskill ARTIST AT WORK-Clarence just wants to make sure that Santa's coat is red enough. Children have been decorating glass doors in the hospital. Tartan Plaid Gifts Both the girls and the boys will receive little plaid bags with gifts in them. For the boys there will be flash- lights, tinkertoys, colorbooks and crayons, a puzzle, a book and a game appropriate for his age. Each girl will get a doll, and what a doll it will be! Its ward- robe will consist of everything the well dressed doll should have; coat, hat, underwear, two dresses, flan- nel nightgown, knit sweater and an apron. The bags will also carry color books and crayons, a game and a puzzle. No One Left Out Every woman and teen ager will get a bed jacket, custom fit. It, takes a corps of people two days to reach every bed. The men will receive packages' containing a wallet, comb, cigar- ettes and a deck of cards. During this two day period cookies will be provided for all. the patients. in the hospital. Christmas eve the children will {}t ihi{+:+j:.1 i?- t ,+',:kiv:i. Christmas. All those who are able are making presents for their en-' tire family. One of the principle gifts is a hand plaque. This is the imprint of a hand pressed in paster of paris. Children especially like this because they get their hands all greased up for the process. Some of the children are deco- rating glass doors with pictures of Santa, little bears and Reindeer, complete with the red noses of the famous Rudolph. Clarence, one child suffering from severe burns, has been work- ing particularly diligently on this project. He even has a stool to stand on, so that he can reach the glass. Children Make Decorations Some of the children in the hospital school have been making decorations. These consist pri- marily of long multi-colored paper' chains. Andy, a four year old girl suf- fering from polio and now con- fined to an iron lung, just received a letter from Santa. She's now making plans to answer it. She'sI especially happy because her daddy brought home a new baby the other day. Hospital school itself teems with children, all intent on one project or another. One little girl is busy hammering pegs into a stool, another is busy on her ring chains, some are doing puzzles and others are playing in a sandbox. One little girl is not sure what she wants to do. She is in the hospital for treat- ment of severe burns. She was. wearing a cute plastic Halloween costume which caught fire. "A1 great many of our -children are suffering from burns," Miss Ban- croft said. State-wide Effort The Christmas program is part of a joint effort on the part of people from all of the state of Michigan. Kiwanis, Galens and the Kings Daughters are the major providers. Kiwanis and Galens provide major playrooms for the children. ~They also provide a great many of the toys and facilities these children receive. Most of the Christmas presents are bought with Galen money. Kings Daughters, a women's church group, also sends in gifts from every county in the state. Last January, patterns for the dolls wardrobes were sent out and work began for this Christmas. There is a standard doll, so that the wardrobes are consistent. To- ward the end of November dresses, nightgowns, coats, caps, etc. start pouring into the hospital. Gifts Stored Away They, along with the gifts re- ceived from other groups are placed in a storeroom until distri- bution time. Kings Daughters also take care of distribution of the bed jackets. They are loaded on wagons and taken through all the wards. They also bake cookies served during this time and help in dis- tribution. Students alsq contribute to the Christmas program. Housing units and other organizations contrib- ute gifts. Not all these gifts are used for Christmas, however. Some are given out on birthdays and after operations. Many children are a long way from home, and these presents help to brighten what might otherwise be a dreary day. Student Volunteers Student volunteers also work in the hospital and at Christmas time help to distribute the gifts. Student teachers are often re- quired to spend time in the hos- pital school. Other organizations provide gifts and time for the occasion. The happiness of the children in University hospital comes about because of a large cooperative ef- fort of many parties. However, all of these are co-ordinated and di- rected by the dedicated and in-. terested people of University Hos- pital staff. -Daily-Dick Gaskill SPECIAL ATTENTION: Andy listens eagerly to a story told by one of many student volunteers, Gloria Manella. She plans to write a letter to Santa tonight. I MM Continental DUO-nitial Handkerchiefs -Daily-Dick Gaskill NEW TOY: Jimmy doesn't know whether to be excited more by the record player or by the presence of his mother. At times it looked like the record player won out. box of 3 -- by lL9AMW) ? $4 your FIR trim an binatio ready t S T A s aS RE S T A T E S T R E E T For a custom-made look, these fine lawn handkerchiefs are pre-embroidered with RST and LAST initials! Neat new fold always stays d fresh-looking. 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