BOUTIQUE HELPS PATIENTS HOLIDAY SHOP.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Lancaster Health Care Center's elderly people can't get out to do Christmas shopping for family and friends, so Beverly Cornell brings shopping to them. This is the second year the Lancaster Woman's Club member has brought homemade home·made adj. 1. Made or prepared in the home: homemade pie. 2. Made by oneself. 3. Crudely or simply made. Adj. 1. button necklaces, wooden and stuffed bears, Afghans, booties and Christmas tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. pins for patients to buy at 10 cents to $15 each. ``What I like the best is that the patients come in, because it gives them an opportunity to buy something,'' said Cornell, a former club president. Not only patients but convalescent con·va·les·cent adj. Relating to convalescence. n. A person who is recovering from an illness, an injury, or a surgical operation. convalescent 1. pertaining to or characterized by convalescence. 2. hospital staff and family members stopped by Thursday at the boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. , open for five hours at the hospital's rear lobby. One patient just sat and watched the boutique for more than an hour. ``It's something different for them to look at,'' Cornell said. Cornell said she gets items from donations given by patients' families, members of her club, the Rosamond Woman's Club, and her church, Grace Lutheran. ``I'm called the bag lady at my church,'' she said. Boutique proceeds go to purchase sweaters and other items for the patients. Cornell said she hoped to raise $150. Leftover items will be sent on for Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Convalescent Hospital's boutique. Leftover jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. will be used as Lancaster Health Care Center bingo prizes for the patients. Cornell hopes to do the boutique again next year. ``By November of next year, if I have enough, I'll have a boutique. If not, I'll wait till the following year,'' she said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Boutique volunteers Beverly Cornell, left, and Joan Aguilar display holiday gift items up for sale. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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