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The Gifts
Gift shops around SSM Health Care have everything
from cute to classy to bring comfort to patients and
families. Here’s a sampling of a few favorite items
from our gift shops.
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SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s
Medical Center, St. Louis
Ernie and Zoe, Sesame Street Muppets, await children.
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Inc.-Centralia
campus, Southern Illinois
St. Mary’s Health Center,
Jefferson City, Mo.
According to Mary Kay Hoelscher, volunteer
coordinator, these Willow Tree products
are hot items with employees,
patients, and families.
St. Clare Hospital and Health
Services, Baraboo Wis.
All the handmade items
in St. Clare’s Unique
Boutique Gift Shop
are created by auxiliary
members, including this sweater with
matching cap, pink dress, floral bag, and quilt.
Toy helicopters lined up for takeoff.
St. Mary’s Hospital, Madison, Wis.
Happy Flowers are giant flowers made of brightly colored tissue paper.
In 2009 St. Mary’s volunteers made more than 600 of them and netted
about $4,000 to support patient needs.Volunteers have been making and
selling the Happy Flowers for five decades at the hospital.
St. Anthony Hospital,
Oklahoma City
Loreal Gatewood, oncall representative-planning
and marketing, models a Brighton trio — necklace,
earrings, and bracelet. Brighton is a top seller in
Odilia’s Gifts at St. Anthony Hospital.
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