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JAINA CONVENTION 2011
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donated which were filled in an assembly-line fashion with baby formula, diapers, wipes, medicine, wash clothes, baby blankets and more.
addition of this playroom to the hospital, the hospitalized children can spend a little time just having fun and doing things that wellchildren do every day - Play!
On Monday, April 11, 2011, trucks mobilized to pick up the donated items from schools from North to South Orange County (Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Anaheim Hills, Fullerton, Irvine, Lake Forest, Trabuco Canyon, Foothill Ranch, Brea, Costa Mesa, and Tustin). The schools, along with businesses and individuals, truly came together in generosity for the Japan Disaster Relief.
Children's Playrooms are generally found in children's hospitals here in America. It is the hope of the KWCF and all the generous volunteers who put this project together, that the medical community in India will find the inherent value of the playroom for the children not only rewarding and therapeutic for the child's recovery, but necessary. It is the hope of KWCF that in so doing, the hospital system in India will want to incorporate a room like this for children throughout their medical community.
Over 7,000 students from schools in Orange County got the opportunity to bring smiles to the children in Japan by contributing these much needed supplies. The Kids Who Care Foundation's volunteers were then able to contribute their time to put together hundreds of bags and boxes for this, the largest single all volunteer disaster relief effort ever for the Kids Who Care Foundation.
The Playroom was put together using models studied that currently exist in American hospitals. It was designed after consulting Child Life Director at University of California, Irvine, Children's Hospital, Children's Miller Hospital and Mayo Clinic Child Life Specialist for the Ronald McDonald House. The room has wonderfully colored bright walls, a lovely themed mural, television, toys, rugs, chairs, desks, books, games, cabinets, couches, arts and crafts supplies and workspace, DVDs, video games, and a video game console.
PROJECT INDIA: A CHILDREN'S PLAYROOM AT ATTAM-VALLABH HOSPITAL, IDAR, INDIA
Kids Who Care Playroom
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KWCF welcomes volunteers from anywhere in the world of all ages, from the very young at 5 years, up to those at retirement age. If you would like more information or are interested in volunteering, please go to the KWCF website at www.kidswhocareclub.org or email kwcf. volunteers@yahoo.com
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In April 23, 2011 KWCF donated a Child's Playroom to the Attam-Vallabh Hospital in Idar, India which is located approximately 2 hours from Ahmedabad, Gujarat State. This room is for hospitalized children who are undergoing medical treatment. The Child's Playroom is a place where hospitalized children will be able to play with their siblings and perhaps forget about their pain, fear, and anxiety for just a little while. This is most likely the first room of this type in a hospital in the more rural areas of India. With the
Risha with Dr. Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State.
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