Los Ninos Guild Newsletter

2018
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear Ladies of the Los Ninos Guild,

Our purpose is
to render service to On Tuesday, January 23rd, members of the Los Ninos Board toured the
CHOC Children’s new Mental Health facility, which is currently under construction at the
Hospital of Orange main CHOC campus in Orange. This facility, due to open in April, 2018,
County and CHOC at
Mission in improving the
will house 18 beds for patients ranging in ages from 3 to 17. The average
health and welfare of the length of stay will be 3-5 days. Children requiring “crisis stabilization” due
Orange County to psychotic disorders, inability to cope, suicidal tendencies and
community We are also schizophrenia, for example, will be admitted to this unit. Once stabilized,
to be good interpreters of
the foundation to the
patients will be referred to outpatient therapy programs. Referrals to this
community and to foster unit will be made by emergency room physicians and various pediatricians
interest among our throughout the state. CHOC is the only hospital with this type of mental
members and the health program and services. The clinical staff will consist of psychiatrists,
community in the work of
CHOC.
psychologists, clinical nurse specials, registered nurses, child life
specialists and nutritionists, as well as art and music therapists. Since this
is a unit that is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with considerable
Check out our website: one on one therapies, the staff will approach 100 personnel. Once the unit
www.losninosguild.com
for upcoming events and
is opened, tours will not be possible for privacy reasons. There is a
old newsletters. growing need throughout Orange County for these services and we are so
  proud to be a part of an organization that is the forerunner in this field. If
  you wish to see this facility, contact me about joining a tour as time is
running out. Additional tour dates of January 31st, February 6th and 7th,
  beginning at 2:15 p.m., have been added. You will meet Mychal in the
  lobby of the Bill Holmes Tower for your badge.

Check the Choc.org

website for information
about CHOC Children’s The board is continuing to evaluate the various membership levels and
Hospital and updates for dues rates and will incorporate the feedback from the members that we
the other CHOC Guilds. received at our January meeting.

 
 
Welcome to our newest member - Barbara Garrett.

Dianne

KINDNESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WISDOM AND THE

RECOGNITION OF THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.
The forecast is for Sunshine and Sandcastles! Please plan to join us on Thursday, March 15th
at Bella Collina Golf Club. Pick up an invitation from either Marianne Houston (4 Corte
Tallista, San Clemente) or Joan Nalbach (1203 Calle Toledo, San Clemente). To register online
go to CHOC.org/events and scroll down to Sunshine & Sandcastles.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed money or a basket so far. A big thank-you to
Peggy Miller, Catherine McLoughlin, Jeanne Mills and Nan Quinn for hosting parties to bring in
gift cards. Together, they contributed over $1,600 in gift cards! If you have not yet done so,
please either send $50 to Pam Fetzer or contact a member of our hardworking basket team
(Catherine McLoughlin, Jeanne Mills and Sandy Starr) to donate your basket items. We still
have many fun basket theme ideas if you need one.
Do you know an organization who might like to be one of our event sponsors? If you have
some ideas or need information about our sponsorship program, please contact Marianne
Houston.
 MEET BARBARA GARRETT

Barbara was a war era baby born in Philadelphia, Pa. where her parents were
completing their professional degrees— her mother as a pediatrician and her
father as an attorney. When Barbara was 11, her parents moved to Los Angeles
and had 2 more children. Her brother is 11yrs. younger and a chemistry
professor at UCI while her sister, who is 14 years younger, is an attorney for the
state of Hawaii. After high school, Barbara attended UCLA and earned an
English degree and a teaching credential. She taught English at middle schools
for 32 years. She has lost 2 husbands to cancer but gained a daughter and 2
grandchildren. She bought a house in The Gallery 15 years ago and just
recently moved back full time. A myriad of hobbies occupy her time such as
art, poetry, digital photography and playing the ukulele. (Her mother was raised
in Hilo and Barbara is half Chinese.) She will be displaying her art at the Susi Q
Community and Senior Center on 3rd Street in Laguna Beach beginning on
January 15th; they change the display every 6 weeks. The theme is Love
Letters and her ukulele group will also be playing love songs. Welcome Barbara!

Dianne presented our gift cards,

which were collected at the
Christmas luncheon, to Karen
McGurk-Mish, Pediatric Manager
and Melissa Kawanaka, Child Life
Specialist at Mission Hospital.
They totaled $410 and, needless to
say, the ladies were excited and
thrilled to receive our generous
contributions. Kudos to you all!

Our February meeting will be held on Monday, February 19th, at 10 a.m. at

Talega Country with lunch to follow the meeting. Plan to stay!