Women’s & Children’s Hospital Receives
Sculpture from Local Artist
Grace Parker Napper, a local sculptor, has donated a bronze figurine titled "Fetch.” The
sculpture is of a young boy playing fetch with his dog. This beautiful piece of art was generously
donated for the enjoyment of patients and families visiting NHRMC. It is located in the concourse
balcony lobby of the Betty H. Cameron Women's and Children's Hospital.
Nurses Collect Toys
“Fetch,” a sculpture donated to the
Women’s & Children’s Hospital.
for Pediatric Patients
Pediatric patients receive services in many different parts of the medical center and
can often be afraid or anxious about their treatments. There has been an effort to create
a more comfortable experience for these young patients by providing them with familiar
toys and stuffed animals which they can play
with and then take home.
The idea of a "toy closet" came from
advocates such as Pam VanVelsor, RN in ASU
and Sonya Mohn, RN in the ED. The toys
provide much needed comfort and distraction
from the unfamiliar and possibly unpleasant
experience of being in the hospital or outpatient
treatment/testing areas. Currently the toy closets
Hooters Manager Jim Clark, presents Kristal
are stocked by the generosity of a few employees McHugh of the NHRMC Foundation a check for the
as well as by donations from various local
Pediatric Toy Closet.
Sonya Mohn, RN with her “Toy Closet.”
businesses and community groups. St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Chick-Fil-A, the
Scottish Rite Masons and Hooters of Wilmington have all recently donated either toys or funds to help fill these closets. If you
are interested in supporting this Toy Closet Fund please contact Kristal McHugh, Annual Gifts Officer at 910.815.5003 or
kristal.mchugh@nhrmc.org.
Volunteers Donate Time, Supplement Foundation
For the past five years Jane Tryer and Fran Shore volunteer every Friday at the Medical Center
Foundation. They donate their time by assembling Pink Ribbon comfort bags that are given to
women undergoing cancer treatment. Their motivation for being so committed began after they
became cancer survivors themselves. "We want to help those who are walking the road we're
walking, because it's a long one,” said volunteer Jane Tryer. “We enjoy helping other women and
supporting those we don't know and don't see." Their support to the Foundation, as well as their
smiling faces, has been much appreciated over the years.
Fran Shore and Jane Tryer
volunteer by preparing Pink
Ribbon bags.
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