Front row, from left, are Alicia Thompson, Jeanne Long, Danette Erickson, Tamara Hughes, Marie Baker, Barbara Self, and Joanne Ploszaj. Back row from left are Wendy Nichols, Caryl Pettit, Judi McClure, Marianne Jennings, Virginia Pruitt and Arlene Massimino.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the La Cańada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) were welcomed at the new medical pavilion at Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) on March 5. Michael Sullivan, vice president, OIC foundation and chief philanthropy officer, gave a slide presentation update on OIC. Among the highlights was a donation of $782,337 by the Guild to OIC, where there are 70,000-plus patient visits annually and 93% of children served are either underinsured or uninsured. Recent milestones included openings of a new low-dose radiation X-ray suite, a new Urgent Care Center and a new Sports Medicine and Scoliosis Center. A plaque honoring the donations of LCFOG to OIC will be displayed in a treatment bay of the new Ahmanson Foundation Fracture Center. The OIC 2020 campaign to raise $20,000,000 has brought in $18,954,159 to date. A lunch and tour of the new facilities was followed by a slide presentation and meeting.
Guild members in attendance were Marie Baker, Danette Erickson, Tamara Hughes, Marianne Jennings (president), Jeanne Long, Arlene Massimino, Judi McClure, Wendy Nichols, Caryl Pettit, Joanne Ploszaj, Virginia Pruitt, Barbara Self and Alicia Thompson.
LCFOG is a non-profit organization that raises money to help fund the OIC, which opened in 1911. OIC’s mission is to provide children with musculoskeletal injuries or disorders excellent orthopaedic medical care regardless of ability to pay. To learn more about LCFOG and its involvement with OIC, call Jeanne Long at (818) 248-7822.
Submitted by Barbara SELF
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