Tuesday, March 5, 2013

And a good time was had by all....

Good Morning, Dear Members -

For those of you who were unable to come to the marvelous February 25th luncheon at the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge at Stanford I have much to share.

But first some very important news that is time sensitive and needs your RSVP's by March 12th

If you have been reading the Blog and/or coming to our meetings, you know about the tour we have scheduled of the Hospital Expansion Mock-ups that have been constructed for training purposes.  This is an exclusive tour just for PAA.

This tour will take the place of our monthly membership meeting.

We will view the mock-ups of the Intensive Care Unit and the Med/Surgical Patient Rooms, Cardiac Hybrid Operating Room and the Neuro Operating Room/Neuro Hybrid Operating room designed for the new Hospital building slated to open in December 2016.

The Tour is on MARCH 19 at 1135 HAMILTON COURT, MENLO PARK from 1:OO pm to 2:15pm (directions below)

Space is limited. Please call me or email me with your RSVP by March 12th  650-593-9334 or luisapliska@comcast.net 

DIRECTIONS:

From the North:
Take US-101 S toward San Jose
Take exit 404A for Willow Road E toward CA-84
Merge onto Willow Road (go approx. 0.8 mi)
Turn right onto Hamilton Avenue
Make the first left onto Hamilton Court
Turn left at the second driveway on the left
The entrance to the LPCH Mock-up warehouse is located at the 4th door down

From the South:
Take US-101 N toward San Francisco
Take exit 404A for Willow Road E toward CA-84
Merge onto Willow Road (go approx. 0.8 mi)
Turn right onto Hamilton Avenue
Make the first left onto Hamilton Court
Turn left at the second driveway on the left
The entrance to the LPCH Mock-up warehouse is located at the 4th door down

I have taken this tour and it is incredible!  A great privilege for us to have the opportunity to see it.
Please RSVP to me.  I need to let the Foundation know by March 12th.

And now for those who were unable to attend the February 25th Luncheon celebration:

The Second Annual Association of Auxiliaries luncheon celebrating the successes of all the auxiliaries was outstanding.  The Li Ka Shing Center is an architectural marvel and our dining room beautifully decorated. The lunch was at once delicious and as beautiful as the centerpieces.

The presenters were Dr. David Alexander, President of the Lucile Packard Foundation; Anne McCune, CEO of LPCH; Jill Helms, DDS, PhD, Professor of Surgery; Christopher Dawes, President of LPCH and Donna Bandelloni, Director of Gift Planing who stood in for Missy Ryan, Chair of the Auxiliaries Endowment.  All were so informative and uplifting.

Toni Paterson, our president - introduced each auxiliary and gave each of us our "place in the sun" highlighting each of our volunteer efforts.  Two outstanding videos were shown on giant screens. Plans are to have the videos on the Association's website for all to enjoy and marvel at how our work impacts families.

Here are just a few of the statistics on the 7 Auxiliaries for 2012:
1,138 Total members
122,091 volunteer hours
1,484 baby blankets, baptismal gowns and other gifts from members' Hearts and Hands projects.
$3,666,282 TOTAL FINANCIAL IMPACT FROM AUXILIARIES, FROM ALL SOURCES.  (How about that!!)

A good time was had by all and we came away from this lovely day so sincerely thanked and appreciated and so aware of how important our work is.  I was ever so proud of PAA - a most ego building day for PAA. Thank you dear members.

This blog was primarily to remind you of the Tour and to give you an update on the luncheon.  I will post another in March with the usual business and social information.

Hope to see you at the Tour.

Luisa