By Lee Salin, Regional Managing Principal
The HMC San Jose team had fun making snugly, fleece, no-sew baby blankets for the tiny patients at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. The facility, located on the Stanford campus, is part of the Stanford Children’s Health Network, which includes a dozen hospitals and clinics throughout the Bay Area. Even though it is hot outside, the hospital needs blankets during the summer to keep their fragile patients warm and cozy in the neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU).
Cuddly pirates, happy space monkeys, cupcakes and bright flowers will surely bring smiles to the faces of families and babies in the NICU.
As described on the website, “Opened in 1991, the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is nationally ranked and internationally recognized. The 311-bed hospital is devoted entirely to pediatrics and obstetrics.” The goal of the hospital is to provide outstanding family-centered care, and throughout our tour we heard that mantra over and over. The hospital is currently undergoing an ambitious building expansion, (scheduled to be completed in 2017) that will add 150 new beds to the facility and will, “make the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital the most environmentally sensitive and technologically advanced children’s hospital in America.”
When we delivered the blankets we were given an hour-long tour of the hospital. It was a unique opportunity to gain in-depth understanding of the hospital facility/operations and a chance to hear about about Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital’s vision and plans for the future.
Giving back is core value at HMC and I am very proud to work for a firm that is still so deeply rooted in, and committed to, its communities after 74 amazing years!
Marko and Lee tying the no-sew baby blankets.
Mary and Marko show off a finished blanket.
Team HMC San Jose is happy to share their fun and meaningful community project.
Mission accomplished, the blankets are delivered to grateful volunteers at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
Lee, Adrienne and Natalie thanked Amy Wong for an informative and inspiring tour of the hospital.
