October 31, 2018
By uclahealth 
“Every volunteer in this room can do more and be more because of our partnership with the auxiliary,” says Marianne Rowan-Braun, not pictured, as she welcomes the volunteers and auxiliary members at the annual Auxiliary Volunteer Awards Luncheon and Fashion Show. “The auxiliary has a long and very visible history of supporting projects and programs […]
Tags: Auxiliary Thrift Store, Auxiliary Volunteer, Auxiliary Volunteer Awards Luncheon, UCLA Health Volunteer
October 22, 2018
Part time Modeling, Full Time Helping
By uclahealth
“I’ve volunteered for more than 3,000 hours,” says John Goldrick, a volunteer at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica and model in the annual Auxiliary Volunteer Luncheon and Fashion Show. All the clothes were chosen from the Auxiliary Thrift Store, whose profits benefit patients in the hospital. “I went into the Auxiliary Thrift Store and looked at […]
Tags: Auxiliary Thrift Store, Auxiliary Volunteer, Auxiliary Volunteer Awards Luncheon, featured, Santa Monica, UCLA Health Volunteer, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica
January 26, 2018
Feeling overwhelmed by barrage of distressing news? Try doing good as an antidote
By Leigh Hopper 
“Ballistic Missile Threat Inbound To Hawaii. Seek Immediate Shelter. This Is Not A Drill,” the emergency alert read. Although it was a false alarm sent out by mistake in mid-January, the missile warning seemed plausible in today’s anything-can-happen, extreme news environment. “The sheer volume of stressful events occurring on a near-daily basis can make people […]
Tags: managing stress, mental health, self-care for U, trauma, vicarious trauma
August 7, 2017
By uclahealth
“My dad’s a pediatrician and my mom is a physical therapist, so I grew up in hospitals,” says Matt Elias, who has been volunteering with his 2-year-old French bulldog, Pierre, at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for the past year as part of the UCLA People-Animal Connection program. “When I got Pierre, I realized I […]
Tags: featured, patients, pediatrician, pet therapy, physical therapist, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, staff, therapy dogs, UCLA People-Animal Connection, UCLA Volunteer, US News, volunteer
August 7, 2017
200 hearts mended and counting
By uclahealth
“My dad was a pediatrician, and he was my hero. My very first year as an intern here, he got sick and passed away. After I finished my training, I went back to Peru, where my parents are from, and talked to one of the doctors in the hospital there,” says Dr. Juan Alejos, clinical […]
Tags: cardiologist, congenital heart disease, Dr. Juan Alejos, featured, pediatric cardiology, pediatrician, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, surgeon, UCLA Pediatric Heart Transplant Program, US News, volunteer surgeons
July 7, 2017
Volunteer Hair Stylists Help Patients Look and Feel Their Best
By uclahealth
Even when recovering from major surgical procedures and lengthy illnesses, our patients don’t want their hair to look like its in critical condition. To help these patients look and feel their best, UCLA Health volunteers are now offering free hair services. “We currently have five licensed cosmetologists who volunteer their time at Ronald Reagan UCLA […]
Tags: bedridden patients, cancer treatments, hair services, haircuts, licensed cosmetologists, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, surgical procedures, transplant patients, treatment milestones, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA Medical Center
July 6, 2017
Volunteers Work Their Magic to Boost Patients’ Moods
By uclahealth
There’s something magical in the air at the hematology/oncology unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Every week, UCLA Health volunteers and amateur magicians Alan Chien and Jeff Lee entertain patients with their magic tricks. “We set up a stand near one of the nursing stations and perform card tricks and other magic tricks for […]
Tags: amateur magicians, bone-marrow transplants, hematology/oncology unit, junior magicians, Magic Castle, magic tricks, medical careers, nursing stations, oncology department waiting room, Peter Morton Medical Building, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, stem-cell transplants
