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Thursday, May 9, 2002 TODAY

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Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center honors volunteers

The volunteer services of Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital held the annual Volunteer Recognition Celebration on April 25, in Wong Kerlee International Conference Center. Denise Winters, director of volunteer services/information desks, rang in the evening of “Volunteers: Honor, Courage, Commitment,” with the appropriate words, “We are here to celebrate volunteers!”

The banquet took place at the end of National Volunteer Week, April 21 to 27. “Our volunteers truly do provide us with an example of courage, commitment, unselfish giving, caring, and sharing,” says Ms. Winters. In fitting manner, the program began with the help of two volunteer groups, the Clement Middle School acapella group under the direction of Rita Stevens, and the Redlands High School Air Force Junior ROTC color guard.

The singers, all seventh and eighth graders, performed four songs with American themes. The award-winning choir was followed by the presentation of the flag, and led the audience in the National Anthem.

W. Augustus Cheatham, MSW, vice president for public affairs, LLUAHSC, presided as master of ceremonies for the evening. “I’m always amazed about anything I hear from your department,” comments Mr. Cheatham. “It’s always good news.”

After a dinner of vegetarian lasagna, garden salad, and an assortment of desserts, the core of the program got underway with the recognition of Florence Innocent. Ms. Innocent’s retirement came after 30 years of volunteer service. Also recognized for their hours of service and retirement were Polly Davis, and Sandy and Sylvia Pickard.

The Mended Hearts program celebrated its 25th anniversary at LLUMC at the banquet. Irv Sanford, president of the LLUMC chapter, accepted an award of recognition, while Lavaun Sutton, historian of the group, introduced Jeanece Varndell, assistant regional director of Mended Hearts. Ms. Varndell told how the organization started in 1951 and how their goal has remained unchanged.

“It’s great to be alive and help someone,” Ms. Varndell says.

Six hundred forty-nine active volunteers provided 74,962 hours of service for Loma Linda University Medical Center in 2001. The volunteers are as follows:

* indicates award recipient
> indicates deceased

12,000 to 12,999 hours

Rosemary Kennedy

11,000 to 11,999 hours

*James Jetton

10,000 to 10,999 hours

*Sandy Pickard

9,000 to 9,999 hours

Polly Davis

7,000 to 7,999 hours

Harold Allday, Arthur Argleben, *Betty & Raul Garcia

6,000 to 6,999 hours

Dennis Kaney, *Steven London, *Diane Short

5,000 to 5,999 hours

Florence Innocent, *Marj McDaniel, *Dorothy Silva

4,000 to 4,999 hours

Frances Brown, Joan Klinge, *Robert Olsen, Thomas Petropulo, Daisy Schluntz

3,000 to 3,999 hours

Gene Drake, Sylvia Pickard

2,000 to 2,999 hours

Beverly Caler, Lois Clouser, Ina Hall, Marge Jetton, Judith Machuca, Eleanor Marshel, *Joseph Scavelli, *Mildred Stilson, Clarice Woodward, *Joyce Young

1,000 to 1,999 hours

*Gwynn Beasley, *Edith Basting, *Bible Study Group–Yuen, *Carole Brodeur, *Robert Coburn, Donna Crozer, P.W. Crozer, Grace De Long, Richard De Long, Patricia Gillies, Jerry Haines, Helen Holmes, Ellis Jones, David Kalfell, *Lorene Kealy, Sohan Lawrence, Kathi Lockett, Coleen Mawas, *Patricia McGinn, Virginia Neff, Robert Pettit, Edward Pruitt, Ramona High School, *Flora Ruiz, Lilah Scalzo, Carol Smith, *Ivan Stabnov, Gene Thompson, *Felix A. Walker, Iris Wallace, Rene Weiss

500 to 999 hours

Vicki Abrams, Alfredo Aguiar, Marcellis Albertson, *Priscilla Alvarez, Gloria Archuleta Sr., Michael Barrington, Patricia Bradley, *Bobby Cabunoc, Jodee Carlson, Christina Castellon, *Daniel Clark, *Sandy DiCarlo, Cecilia Donnelly, *Eastern Star #547, *Kathleen Eckard, Charles Freeman, *Ruth Freeman, Elaine Gage, Agnes Ghiai, Rachel Hopper, Joan Hsu, *Folley Igbinosun, *S.R. Jaffe, Nicole La Velle, Bennie Lombardi, *Samuel McGinnis, Gregory Mooney, Pearl Nickel, Carmen Niemiec, *Sergio Ortiz, Marilyn Petersen, Ervin Sanford, Bonnie Saucedo, *Erwin Savela, Betty Thompson, Marlene Vandersande, *Linbo Wang, *Xiaoguang Wang, Eva Woods, *Akram Youssef, *Nancy Yuen

100 to 499 hours

*Cy Abad, *Amie Adams, Shirley Amberson, *Roberta Ampatu, *Sonephet Amphone, *Betty Anctil, Donald Anctil, Maurice Armster, *Editha Asperas, Amy Barnett, Betti Bauer-Kaste, Taline Bedelian, *Linda Benjamin, *Janalee Berg, *Linda Bernard, Stella Best, *Big Bear Baptist Church, Joyce Braun, *Phillip Briseno, *Jennifer Brodeur, Rose Brown, Richard Burnett, *Stuart Campbell, Michael Carandang, *Valerie Cazas, Adelard Chapdelaine, Pasqual Chavez, *Viviana Chavez, *Rachel Chavolla, Charlie Chen, *Sharlene Chin, *Jacquelyn Christiansen, Andre Cipta, *Jen Codington, *Stephen Cole, Ezequiel Cota, *Michael Crosby, Gregory Dang, Nancy DeMaggio, *Nidhal Deragobian, *Andres Diaz, *Leslie Duff, *Tatyanna Eley, *Michelle Eliason, *Robert Ewing, *Norman Fadel, *Erwin Ferguson, *Thomas Forget, *Mike Fruhn, *Joseph Garcia, *Mauricio Garcia, Leann Gates, *Rosemary Griffin-Sullivan, *Will Griffith, *Mohamad Hamade, Mateen Hasan, *Finessa Haynes, Jessica Hernandez, Michele Hernandez, *Maribelle Hidalgo, *Julia Hill, *Denise Hohmann, *Fredrick Hohmann, *James Hudson, Kelly Iliff, *Denyl Avinash Joshua, Joy Juedes, *Nam-e Kang, *T.K. Kinsey, Rajeev Kurian, Pauline Lee, Ruth Lee, Jerry Li, *Jerryval Licayan, Andrea Lira, Shannon Lombardi, *Rasmey Long, Gregory Lowry, David Marsh, *Claudia Martinez, *Andrea McCracken, Jean Merchant, Tom Merchant, *Erna Merlo, *Paul Messersmith, Sandra Messner, *Kathleen Miller, Michael Mitchell, Nancy Modglin, D.V.M., *Vincent Montez, *Sonia Montoya, *Michelle Moore, *Esequiel Morales, *Jeff Moscrop, Stella Navarro, *Ted Nguyen, *Thanhchi Nguyen, *Marty Noakes, Carlos Noris, >Mohammed Ohiosumua, *Linda Overton, Kevin Park, William Park, *Vimal Patel, *Sam Perez, *Zach Peterson, Thuy Phan, *Geny Puga, *Christopher Race, *Violeta Ramil, Rosaline Reyes, Jorge Rivas, *Catherine Robinson, *Tina Rodriguez, *Eduardo Ronquillo, *Carolyn Sallion, Tony Schmidt, Tracy Scott, *Norman Sealy, Richard Shaw, *Dong Qiang Shi, Lois Shoaf, Shafi Siddiqi, *Arun Sivanandam, Beryl Swingle, Tylene Talley, *Victor Torres, *University Mobile Estates, Alison Uribe, *Janet Vilchis, Brandon Von Krigelstein, *Harvey Xiao, *Nazila Zekry, Shirley Zrelak

50 to 99 hours


Anita Agbayani, Amanda Aguilera, Joseph Alaniz, *Tawny Alipoon, *Ashley Alvarez, Maribel Arguelles, Perpemelo Balasta, Pat Beaupre, Maral Bedelian, Judy Benson, Leslie Brooks, Irene Castillo, Kelly Cecil, William Clifton, Andresa Cocjin, Timoteo Cocjin, Cyrene Cruz, James Davis, *Marisol DeJesus, Rita Deragobian, Catherine Durant, Minu Duwa Shakya, Eastern Star Kerarsage, *Kalen Emerson, *Melinda Flores, Christine Florida, Mike Fuchs, Donald Giera, Alfredo Gonzales, Joy Guy, Kathy Hamilton, Connee Harnden, Aaron Harrison, Michele Hillock, Jason Jung, Larry Kao, *Serge Khachatourian, James Kim, John Kim, Christopher Laraque, Harold Lawson, *Alexander Lee, Eugene London, *David Manullang, Alonso Martin Del Campo, Amanda Maynard, Sana Mazhar, Teleia McGrew, *Kimber McKinney, *Alissa Munson, George Muyano, *Emily Ogando, *Sanjay Patel, *Denise Prieto, Carole Quesada, Kim Randall, Tami Riedel, Thalassa Sanchez, Harry Sanders, Elizabeth Serrano, Zachary Shirreffs, Martin Siahaan, *Brian Song, Tawanna Stovall, Jamie Tarouilly, *Marie Than, Heather Torrez, Ellen Tsang, Anna Maria Turek, Annabella Uranine, *Napa Utrapiromsuk, Dung Vo, Tina White, Nathaniel Wright, Hugh Yang, Alice Young, *Annie Zhujiang

Six hundred six active volunteers provided 123,890 hours of service for the Children’s Hospital during 2001. Child Life Volunteers provided 12,049 hours of service.

More than 31,000 hours

*Project Linus

More than 17,000 hours

*SAFE KIDS

More than 10,000 hours

Doris Jordan

More than 7,000 hours

*Irene Baldwin, Etienne Caroline

More than 6,000 hours

Melissa Koehrer

More than 5,000 hours

Don McFadden, *Mary Vavra

More than 4,000 hours

*Nikki Gunter, *Shirley Litka, Sheela Ratan, *Wilma Sorenson

More than 3,000 hours

*Brian Christensen, Mary Ann DeRito, EMS Firefighters, *Rae Hopkins, *Newborns in Need

More than 2,000 hours

Blanch Army, *Eleanor Barber, Mary Barris, Richard Bealer, Fontana High School, Betty Gonzalez, *Shirley Hogue, Letitia Levine, *Opal Taylor

More than 1,000 hours

*Joanne Amrich, Andrea Biehler, California Highway Patrol, Colton Police Department, Alice Cruz, Lorenza Cruz, *Bobbie Durkos, Gail Giera, *Thomas Hartman, Lorna James, *Hal Link, *Merrillyn Merrill, *Donna Rollins, Jacob Saldana, *Travee Sether, Judith Stivers, *Marleta Topoleski, Marilyn Willis

500 to 999 hours

*Aaron Abarbanell, *Kandee Bain, Sally Carlson, Rachel Carter, Lora Chipman, Joan Ellis, *Doug Gunter, Beverly Hewey, *Peggy Howard, *June Joseph, *Sis Land, *Mike Ledestich, *Linda Markham, Holly Melville, *Helen Morey, Brittnee Peters, *Janie Ramirez, Laura Resch, *Riverside County Office of Education, San Bernardino Public Health Department, *David Underwood, Michel Vergon, *Faye Ward

100 to 499 hours

Michelle Acker, Jennifer Aguilar, Kelley Allen, *Lorraine Alonzo, *Vincent Alonzo, Amanda Alvidrez, *Gina Anderson, Linda Anderson, Roy Ando, *Grace Anobile, *Ryan Avila, *Lena Bell, *David Blades, Linda Blaine, *Darlynn Bradley, Lisa Brownton, Anne Brun, Emily Camp, *Teresa Capalla, *Annie Case, Donna Celso, *John Chen, Michael Chen, Lauren Chilstrom, Tillian Chiu, Charlene Clapsaddle, *Davina Cobo, Eileen Cross, Rebecca Cuellar, *Frederick Dano, Bernice Davidson, Patricia Day, *Edie Deming, Sally Dunn, *Peggy Eastburn, *Janeryl Fermin, *Daniel Fierro, *Vanessa Flynn, *Evelyn Fonda, *Dora Fontes, *Kimberly Forde, Brittany Frede, Mary Garcia, Ernie Givens, *Eloise Habekost, Cindy Hall, Danyal Harbert, Beverly Hardt-Krick, *Carrie Hendrix, *Camilo Hernandez, James Hynes, *Julia Kim, *Olivia Kim, Toshimi Kusajima, *Thao Le, Billie Leckey, *Josh Ledestich, Cindy Lee, *Daniel Lee, *Susan Lee, Cassandra Leimel, Derek Leimel, Michelle Lindholm, Tricia Loo, *Marc Malate, *Allison Manalo, Eugene McAndrew, Robin McCluskey, *Adam Mekos, *Nancy Mikhail, *Doris Moran, *Antonia Munoz-Juvera, Lissette Noutfia, Michael Oh, Jean Okel, *Chris Patterson, *Jacqueline Ponce, *Patrick Poquiz, *Dorothy Rice, *Livay Rizk, *Joanna Rodriguez, *Lester Rogers, *Kittee Roudebush, *Judy Rougeau, *Leo Ryan, *Jose Saldana, *Anthony Santillan, *Diana Santillan, *Carrie Sheehan, Joyce Taliaferro, *Tenli Tedesco, *Apryl Thompson, *Eva Torres, *Lurys Torres, *Pai Touch, *Sharon Visser, *Alysia Walton, Bernd Winter, Denise Winter

50 to 99 hours

*Brandon Allen, Adrianna Apodaca, Raquel Arizmendi, Jo Ann Arroyo, Carol Averill, *Perryn Baker, *Lauren Bergh, Carol Berry, Liz Brooks, Selena Brown, Connie Cha, Sang Chau, Amy Clark, Lisa Cooper, Rebecca Cox, Matthew Dababneh, *Ashley Dason, *Ellen Dooley, Tri Duong, *Brett Escarza, *Katie Frederick, Janelle Gerling, Stephen Gregorius, *Ashley Gross, *Jaecelle Guadiz, *Greg Gunter, Susan Haggag, *Breann Hale, Pearl Hernandez, Erika Hodges, Jennifer Holmes, Melissa Hongskula, *Jacqueline Ibarra, *Kristin Ingalls, *Josh Jaffery, *Nikole Kanold, Vivian Liao, Brooke Low, Veronica Lucero, Linda Mann, Kymberly Marksbury, Lizet Martinez, *Malorie Martinez, Cynthia Mascareno, *Sarah Medina, Heather Mitchell, *Janelle Moreno, Margaret Morris, *Chevaun Morrison, DeAnne Morrison, Christy Newman, *Lynda Ngo, Tuan Nguyen, *Anthony Olton, *Misty Oppenheim, Cynthia Orlandi, Abegail Paner, Dawn Pendleton, Tina Philip, Lora Plumlee, *Shelley Ramsey, *Rebecca Reaves, Lee Anne Reynolds, Janelle Ricardo, *Gabrielle Robinson, Jena Shaddox, Lindsy Shaddox, Albert Shin, Chad Sila, *Samantha Stewart, Mark Tadrous, *Jennifer Tanios, *Jamie Tarouilly, Rebecca Taylor, Hao Thai, *Marvin Torres, *Merline Tuyishime, Sharon Van-Madrigal, Patrice Villanueva, *Janelle Walikonis, Lisa Wilson, Dennis Wong

These hours were calculated through December 31, 2001. Only volunteers with 50 hours or more are recognized in this article. Volunteer services regrets any spelling or calculation errors.


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