OUR TOP STORY AT 6- 30… A PROJECT AT SALINAS VALLEY HEALTH.. IS PROVIDING VETERANS WHO ARE PATIENTS WITH LITTLE EXTRA COMFORT. VOLUNTEERS ARE MAKING BLANKETS FOR THEM…… A RED WHITE AND BLUE HEARTFELT THANK YOU (SOT CLIP#1219 1:27- 1:34) (COVERED) “LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT. A BLANKET CONVEYS WARMTH AND COMFORT AND SO I THOUGHT I WANT TO HELP” RAYLENE CLOUGH IS KNITTING HER THIRD BLANKET…WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO A VETERAN WHO IS ALSO A PATIENT AT SALINAS VALLEY HEALTH….RAYLENE’S DAD SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR…MANY OTHERS IN HER FAMILY ALSO SERVED….SHE WAS BORN AT WEST POINT HOSPITAL….SO AS SHE SEES IT, MAKING BLANKETS IS THE LEAST SHE CAN DO… (SOT CLIP# 1219 4:43 ) “JUST TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE DONE THIS MANY YEARS AGO, GUARDING OUR FREEDOM, GIVING US THAT, ITS PRICELSS” SALINAS VALLEY HEALTH CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE VETERANS PROJECT AS A WAY TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN G SO MUCH TO THIS COUNTRY….BUT ALSO TO HONOR THEIR OWN HISTORY (SOT CLIP 1254 :17- :36 COVER THE FIRST PART) WHEN THE INSTITUTION IN 1953, IT WAS TO HONOR OUR WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS, AND AS WE BEGAN TO MAKE THE TRANSITION TO OUR NEW TITLE OF SALIANS VALLEYY HEALTH WE WANTED TO STILL CAPTURE THAT HONORING OF OUR VETERANS. THE VETERANS BLANKET PROJECT GREW OUT OF THAT …INITIALLY IT WAS DESIGNED FOR VETERANS DAY….BUT NOW SVH IS LOOKING TO MAKE IT YEAR ROUND BUT TO DO THAT THEY NEED VOLUNTEERS…. (CLIP#1260 :29-:34) I’VE MADE SEVEN CROCHETED BALNKETS FOR VETERNAS IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS” SHERRI ARIAS, A NURSE AT SVH WITH A TALENT FOR CRAFTING…SHE SAYS MAKING THE BLANKETS MAKES HER FEEL GREAT AND ITS A WAY TO MAKE SURE VETERNAS KNOW THEY ARE APPRECIATED. (SOT CLIP#1260 2:45-2:50 ) “AND THIS IS A WAY THAT THEY KNOW WE DO CARE. AS A COMMUNITY, AS A HOSPITAL, AS PEOPLE, WE CARE ABOUT THEM” ### THE PROGRAM IS STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE THE TALENT BUT NOT THE RESOURCES TO BUY SUPPLIES…. THEY CAN CAN HELP WITH THAT. SO IF YOU A
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Salinas Valley Health program helps give veterans handmade blankets
Updated: 2:13 PM PST Nov 14, 2023
A project at Salinas Valley Health is providing veterans who are patients with a little extra comfort.Volunteers are making blankets for them as a red, white, and blue, heartfelt thank you. “Little things mean a lot. A blanket conveys warmth and comfort and so I thought I want to help,” said Raylene Clough, a volunteer knitter. Clough is knitting her third blanket, which will be given to a veteran who is also a patient at Salinas Valley Health. Raylene’s dad served in the Korean War, many others in her family also served. She was born at West Point Hospital, so as she sees it, making blankets is the least she can do.”Just to give them something that you are not forgotten,” Clough said. “Even though they may have done this many years ago, guarding our freedom, giving us that, it’s priceless.”Salinas Valley Health came up with the idea for the veterans knitting project as a way to say thank you to those who have given so much to this country, but also to honor their own history.”When the institution was formed in 1953, it was to honor our World War II veterans,” said Lisa Paulo, a Salinas Valley Health chief nursing officer. “As we began to make the transition to our new title of Salinas Valley Health, we wanted to still capture the value of that, honoring of our veterans.”The veterans blanket project grew out of that. Initially, it was designed for Veterans Day, but now Salinas Valley Health is looking to make it a year-round project. To do that, they need to recruit a lot of volunteers. “I’ve made seven crocheted blankets for veterans in the last four months, ” said Sherri Arias, a nurse at Salinas Valley Health with a talent for crafting.Arias says making the blankets makes her feel great, and it’s a way to make sure veterans know they are appreciated. “This is a way that they know we do care. As a community, as a hospital, as people, we care about them,” she said.The program is still looking for volunteers and donations. If you have the talent but not the resources to buy supplies, the hospital can help with that. If you are interested, email [email protected] or call (831) 755-0772.
A project at Salinas Valley Health is providing veterans who are patients with a little extra comfort.
Volunteers are making blankets for them as a red, white, and blue, heartfelt thank you. “Little things mean a lot. A blanket conveys warmth and comfort and so I thought I want to help,” said Raylene Clough, a volunteer knitter.
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Clough is knitting her third blanket, which will be given to a veteran who is also a patient at Salinas Valley Health. Raylene’s dad served in the Korean War, many others in her family also served. She was born at West Point Hospital, so as she sees it, making blankets is the least she can do.
“Just to give them something that you are not forgotten,” Clough said. “Even though they may have done this many years ago, guarding our freedom, giving us that, it’s priceless.”
Salinas Valley Health came up with the idea for the veterans knitting project as a way to say thank you to those who have given so much to this country, but also to honor their own history.
“When the institution was formed in 1953, it was to honor our World War II veterans,” said Lisa Paulo, a Salinas Valley Health chief nursing officer. “As we began to make the transition to our new title of Salinas Valley Health, we wanted to still capture the value of that, honoring of our veterans.”
The veterans blanket project grew out of that. Initially, it was designed for Veterans Day, but now Salinas Valley Health is looking to make it a year-round project. To do that, they need to recruit a lot of volunteers.
“I’ve made seven crocheted blankets for veterans in the last four months, ” said Sherri Arias, a nurse at Salinas Valley Health with a talent for crafting.
Arias says making the blankets makes her feel great, and it’s a way to make sure veterans know they are appreciated. “This is a way that they know we do care. As a community, as a hospital, as people, we care about them,” she said.
The program is still looking for volunteers and donations. If you have the talent but not the resources to buy supplies, the hospital can help with that. If you are interested, email [email protected] or call (831) 755-0772.