Little Company of Mary Pavilion


	RSVP AT THE LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY PAVILION (Text Pete Porter, Photos Margaret Porter)

RSVP volunteer, Ann Wakaruk, has been visiting and helping the patients at the Little Company of Mary Pavillion for the past seven years. At present she is the only RSVP member at this facility. However, she is hoping that this article will encourage others to join her in this rewarding endeavor.
LCM Pavilion has been part of the Little Company of Mary complex for over eighteen years and is located just to the West of the main hospital building at 4230 Maricopa Street. Ann normally volunteers about four hours one day a week and when I visited her last month she gave me an enthusiastic and proud tour of the facility.

Pavilions can accomodate 121 patients in 47 rooms of between one and three beds each and the care covers long, medium and short term recovery, with each level located in a separate wing along with its own nurses station. Room

Visiting Cleo Ann introduced me to everyone we met during our tour and I was happy to meet with Laker fan Cleopatra McDaniel who managed to keep an optimistic view on the new season despite the teams opening loss. She is convinced that they will be in the running for a fourth title by the time the playoffs start.

There are many activities in the facility to keep everyone occupied. A morning mass was being prepaired in the recreation room while I was there. Marcella and Mary come every Tuesday to help perform Communion. This room also includes a television screen big enough to convince you that you were at a movie theater. Another assembly room contains an aquarium that would be the pride of any fish fancier. Todays Events

Activities coordinator, Terry Long, calls Ann "His Girl Friday" because of the many times she had helped him out over the time he'd been there. He gave me a copy of this month's events calendar to look at and it certainly didn't take much to see that, with such a full agenda, the patients recovering at Pavilions are well taken care of. Their stay there is definitely as pleasant as it could be for a hospital environment.

As we were leaving, Ann stressed that new volunteers are always welcome. If you might be interested in joining her, please call the RSVP Office at (310) 373-1098.

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RSVP volunteer, Ann Wakaruk, has been visiting and helping the patients at the Little Company of Mary Pavillion for the past seven years. At present she is the only RSVP member at this facility. However, she is hoping that this article will encourage others to join her in this rewarding endeavor.
	LCM Pavilion has been part of the Little Company of Mary complex for over eighteen years and is located just to the West of the main hospital building at 4230 Maricopa Street. Ann normally volunteers about four hours one day a week and when I visited her last month she gave me an enthusiastic and proud tour of the facility.
Pavilions can accomodate 121 patients in 47 rooms of between one and three beds each and the care covers long, medium and short term recovery, with each level located in a separate wing along with its own nurses station.
	Ann introduced me to everyone we met during our tour and I was happy to meet with Laker fan Cleopatra McDaniel who managed to keep an optimistic view on the new season despite the teams opening loss. She is convinced that they will be in the running for a fourth title by the time the playoffs start.
There are many activities in the facility to keep everyone occupied. A morning mass was being prepaired in the recreation room while I was there. Marcella and Mary come every Tuesday to help perform Communion. This room also includes a television screen big enough to convince you that you were at a movie theater. Another assembly room contains an aquarium that would be the pride of any fish fancier.

Activities coordinator, Terry Long, calls Ann "His Girl Friday" because of the many times she had helped him out over the time he'd been there. He gave me a copy of this month's events calendar to look at and it certainly didn't take much to see that, with such a full agenda, the patients recovering at Pavilions are well taken care of. Their stay there is definitely as pleasant as it could be for a hospital environment. As we were leaving, Ann stressed that new volunteers are always welcome. If you might be interested in joining her, please call the RSVP Office at (310) 373-1098.