TOYS' LIFE OLD DOLLS MADE OVER FOR NEW KIDS.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - At one time or another, it makes every little girl's Christmas list - a doll to play with and love. That's why volunteers at 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 Hospital have been working all year refurbishing more than 200 dolls for resale at the hospital auxiliary's New to You thrift shop thrift shop n. A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization. . ``It is very fulfilling knowing that the dolls will bring happiness to someone at Christmas,'' said hospital volunteer Billie Graves, who has spearheaded the doll refurbishment project for 25 years. ``It is also rewarding because proceeds support the hospital and go directly towards the auxiliary's pledge to the critical care unit.'' This year's dolls went on sale Friday. The New to You thrift shop, 329 W. Ave. I, is open from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Volunteers Betty Morgan, Louise Boenzi and Nellie See Sooty albatross Gibbs helped complete the doll refurbishing. Morgan focused on refurbishing used Cabbage Patch Cabbage patch may refer to:
v. Past tense of redo. the dolls' hair; and Gibbs mended and made doll clothing. The Antelope Valley Hospital Auxiliary has pledged $646,000 to support the hospital's critical care unit. In August, the organization presented a check for $140,000, its fourth installment toward the pledge. The group has $57,500 more to go. The money will pay for newly purchased beds, computers and bedside monitoring equipment. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Billie Graves, who leads the charity project, stands near shelves full of refinished playthings. (2 -- 3 -- color) Volunteers for the hospital's thrift shop have dolled up toys including Barbie, at right, and Cabbage Patch Kids Cabbage Patch Kids are a brand of doll created by Xavier Roberts in 1978. The original dolls were all cloth and were available at local craft shows, and later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. , above. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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