THEY'RE WARM FOR THE HOLIDAYS ONE FAMILY DONATES BLANKETS TO FACILITY.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - When Fern Plizga died in September, her husband, Albert, and daughters Lynn Yale and Diane Bouchard wanted to do something special in her memory. During the time they spent visiting Plizga at the Santa Clarita 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, they came to know many of the residents, becoming friendly with several over time. And they wanted to do something significant at the hospital in honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. of their wife and mother. Yale contacted the Assistance League of Santa Clarita for ideas. Yale was familiar with the organization's Family Ties philanthropic phil·an·throp·ic also phil·an·throp·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by philanthropy; humanitarian. 2. Organized to provide humanitarian or charitable assistance: project, which brings birthday gifts and home-cooked meals to the residents. Working with with the hospital and Assistance League, the family set up a special fund for friends and family of Fern Plizga to collect donations for the patients. ``I saw a need, and I wanted to find a way to help the residents where Mom had such good care,'' Yale said. With the contributions, the league bought 90 blankets - one for each patient. The gifts were wrapped by the Assisteens, the chapter's 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. made up of teenagers, and presented Thursday. Assistance League President Jackie Hamby received some curious looks as she wheeled in her shopping baskets piled high with the blankets but said she was more than happy to let the onlookers know what was up. Yale said she felt the gifts were special because ``Mom always had a quilt or blanket with her.'' ``This is a nice way to keep her memory alive through the warmth provided by the blankets,'' Yale said. The league has been involved with the hospital since 1990, said Ruby ruby, precious stone, the transparent red variety of corundum, found chiefly in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and classified among the most valuable of gems. The Myanmarese stones are blood red, the most valued tint being the "pigeon's blood. Garcia, the hospital's activities director. For information on Assistance League, visit the group's Web site at www.assistanceleague-alsc.org or call (661) 255-1991. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) The family of Fern Plizga, along with the Assistance League of Santa Clarita, bring blankets to residents of the Santa Clarita Convalescent Hospital, where Plizga lived until her death in September. (2) One of the center's residents warms himself in a blanket donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. in memory of Fern Plizga by her family. |
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