{"id":4135,"date":"2012-12-14T09:07:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T09:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/santa-brings-holiday-cheer-and-giving-spirit-to-miller-children-s-hospital-long-beach\/"},"modified":"2012-12-14T09:07:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T09:07:04","slug":"santa-brings-holiday-cheer-and-giving-spirit-to-miller-children-s-hospital-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/santa-brings-holiday-cheer-and-giving-spirit-to-miller-children-s-hospital-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Santa Brings Holiday Cheer and Giving Spirit to Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Santa presents Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach patient, Tyrell, with a new set of hot rods to race for the holidays at Santa\u2019s Workshop.<\/em><\/p>\n

On Dec. 10, the patients and families of Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach gathered at the annual Santa\u2019s Workshop to become Santa\u2019s little helpers and celebrate the season of giving. Young patients, who cannot leave the hospital for the holidays, had the opportunity to shop Santa\u2019s Workshop, join in festive holiday activities and, most importantly, have individual time on Santa\u2019s lap as they waited for his thoughtful presents.<\/p>\n

Upon entering a giant hospital forum, transformed into \u201cSanta\u2019s Workshop,\u201d the patients were assisted by Miller Children\u2019s very own chefs to decorate festive Christmas cookies before hand-selecting holiday gifts to present to family members and friends. The members of the Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach Auxiliary were on hand to help the children specially wrap and address the items for their loved ones. For families, the day\u2019s highlight came as young patients, in hospital gowns and pajamas, lined up to visit with Santa and take personal photos to place in handmade keepsake frames.<\/p>\n

The Child Life Program coordinates events, such as Santa\u2019s Workshop, at Miller Children\u2019s to help make the hospital experience more positive for children of all ages. This is especially important during the holiday season when patients and their families may be unable to leave the hospital to attend customary holiday events and traditions.<\/p>\n

Turner Construction \u2014 the company that built the hospital\u2019s new inpatient pavilion \u2014 lent a huge helping hand by bringing the Miller Children\u2019s Santa\u2019s Workshop to life through the donation of special holiday gifts and recruiting Santa from the North Pole. Volunteers from the Assistance League of Long Beach, Painted Turtle Camp, Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach Auxiliary, Signal Hill Police Department, Coach Art and DJ Mike also helped to spread holiday cheer with crafts, cookie decorating and festive music.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurner\u2019s generous employees allowed us to give a present to every single child in the hospital, and dozens for future patients admitted this holiday season,\u201d says Rita Goshert, director of clinical operations, Child Life, Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach. \u201cBut the special attention our chronically-ill patients got with Turner employees is invaluable. Our patients and families all thank Turner for their time and generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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On Dec. 10, the patients and families of Miller Children\u2019s Hospital Long Beach gathered at the annual Santa\u2019s Workshop to become Santa\u2019s little helpers and celebrate the season of giving. Young patients, who cannot leave the hospital for the holidays, had the opportunity to shop Santa\u2019s Workshop, join in festive holiday activities and, most importantly, have individual time on Santa\u2019s lap as they waited for his thoughtful presents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":69326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4135"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=4135"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}