ALL DOLLED UP TOY SALES TO BENEFIT HOSPITAL UNIT.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Baby dolls, Barbie dolls Barbie doll popular dress-up doll; extremely conventional and feminine. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 179] See : Fads , Cabbage Patch Cabbage patch may refer to:
The Antelope Valley Hospital Auxiliary auxiliary In grammar, a verb that is subordinate to the main lexical verb in a clause. Auxiliaries can convey distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. members have fixed them up and put them on sale for Christmas. More than 200 dolls are on sale at the auxiliary thrift shop thrift shop n. A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization. to help raise money for the hospital's critical care unit. ``These baby dolls are ready to go under the tree,'' said volunteer Gloria Lovitt, head of the refurbishing doll committee. The dolls cost 50 cents to $6 each. Proceeds go toward the auxiliary's pledge to raise $646,000 for new beds and monitors in the hospital's critical care unit. Nearly $400,000 of the auxiliary's pledge has been met. The four volunteers donated hundreds of hours to get the donated dolls ready for the annual sale. Lovitt and Billie Graves clean the dolls and fix their hair. Nellie See Sooty albatross Gibbs and Betty Morgan sew sew v. sewed, sewn or sewed, sew·ing, sews v.tr. 1. To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine: new clothes for the dolls, many times making extra outfits for each doll. This year's doll sale almost didn't happen: Last year, after 17 years working with the dolls, former chairwoman Graves wanted to retire to spend more time with her family. But Lovitt volunteered to take over after reading a newspaper story about Grave's pending retirement. ``I became a volunteer just to work with the dolls,'' explained Lovitt. ``I just like dolls. They don't talk back, they don't need to be fed. When you dress them up they don't get dirty.'' With Lovitt, the volunteer group gains a tremendous amount of knowledge. Lovitt, president of the Antelope Valley Doll Club, has been working with dolls for more than 22 years and, with her daughter, owns more than 4,000 Barbie dolls. Graves, who has volunteered with the hospital auxiliary for 27 years, said she plans to continue helping out with the doll work and is extremely grateful to Lovitt. ``Well, it made me feel much, much happier,'' recalled Graves. ``I was really going to quit. She (Lovitt) heard me and she came to my rescue.'' ``Billie's the mentor,'' added Lovitt. ``Without her I couldn't do it.'' The New To You thrift shop is located at 320 W. Ave. I. Operating hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and the store only accepts cash. For more information, call (661) 942-4119. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Volunteers Billie Graves, front, and Gloria Lovitt show off some of the more than 200 dolls they helped refurbish re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur . Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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