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The Louise Brooks Memorial Raffle
Southern Arizona
December 6, 2008 at this years Installation Event in Tucson
Who was Louise Brooks? Louise volunteered at the University of
Arizona and became an employee in 1977. With her dry sense of humor Louise was
always fun to be around and made holidays and birthdays special for everyone.
Louise was a founding member of the Arizona AALAS branch and received both the
Technician of the Year & Member of the Year awards for her dedication. Louise loved
children and she came up with the idea of a yearly raffle with proceeds going to
the children for toys and games for the Child Life Activity Center. The raffle
was named for her after her untimely death in 1996 from complications caused by
Lupus. The Arizona branch proudly has carried on the raffle in her honor.
"The
Child Life Activity Center...a place where love never fails and hope continues
on."
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For children and teens admitted to the hospital, there
is a big, bright,
beautiful playroom. The playroom is staffed by volunteers who supervise
playroom activities and a child life specialists who help children cope with
medical treatments and provide support throughout the child's hospital stay.
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Bedside activities can be arranged and siblings of a sick child are welcome
to take part in playroom events if family supervision is provided.
Please help Arizona AALAS by supporting our
raffle.
All proceeds go to the Arizona
Cancer Centers' Child Life
Activity Center.
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Do you or
your company need ideas for making a donation?
For information on how you can help, contact
AZAALAS@ahsc.arizona.edu
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The Arizona Cancer Center is nationally recognized for developing
improved methods for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer. Many
techniques developed here have become standard protocols used worldwide. Giving
cancer patients the hope of a cure through the newest treatments is one of the
cornerstones of care. The Arizona Cancer Center is one
of a small, prestigious network of comprehensive cancer centers designated by
the National Cancer Institute (NCI). More than 60 percent of our patients travel
from other Arizona communities, as well as other states and countries, to
receive promising new cancer therapies. Many treatments offered through the
Arizona Cancer Center are available nowhere else in the state, and, in some
cases, these advanced treatments are available at only a handful of centers
nationwide.
While the Center is renowned for its compassionate care and
the latest treatments, our ultimate goal is the elimination of cancer. Our team
of scientists and medical professionals conduct research on how cancer starts,
how to improve treatment, and what can be done to prevent it, with the hope that
this knowledge will lead to a cancer-free generation.
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"Thank you for your support of University Medical Center (UMC) and the Child
Life Activity Center. All children need to play, and sick children need it even
more - they need it to heal, to restore themselves, and to reduce the trauma of
hospitalization. Your gift helps to give all the children hospitalized at UMC
the space they need for the therapy of play." - Kent Rollins,
President, UMC Foundation, in a letter of thanks for last
years contribution. |
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