Have you ever listened to a song that took you back to the memory of a specific time in your life, reminded you of a special person, made you feel relaxed or gave you energy?
There is definitely a certain power associated with music. Music can bring up emotions, memories, or special connections that link us socially or spiritually. For children, music can be a fun way to learn, relax and get through tough emotional or physical situations. It can help with communication, social skills and with other abilities. In fact, it’s also been shown to reduce stress, which can help keep your immune system healthy.
Filed under: Adolescents & Teens, RN Remedies, School-Age on January 30th, 2012 | No Comments »
Join Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to run or walk the LA Marathon on March 18 or the Los Angeles 5K on March 17.
Have fun and raise money for cutting-edge cancer research at City of Hope and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles through our official charity, ThinkCure!
Filed under: Community, Events, Fundraising on January 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
The Trauma Department’s Injury Prevention Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has partnered with the food services department to open the Safety Corner in the Family Pantry in the Anderson Pavilion.
The corner, which can be found next to the HBO Café, provides patients, families and employees with the opportunity to purchase home safety items at wholesale prices. The goal of the program to help patients and their families build safer home environments at an affordable cost.
Filed under: Community, Home Safety, Injury Prevention on January 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
The Bloodmobile is on the move!
Check out this listing of upcoming blood drives for the month of February to see if we’ll be in your neighborhood.
For more information about blood and platelet donation opportunity at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, visit CHLA.org/DonateBlood.
Filed under: Blood Donor Center, Community, Donations, Events, Hospital News on January 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
NEW! Effective January 1, 2012, California law requires that all children under age 8 must be properly buckled into a car seat or booster in the back seat.
Children age 8 or older may use the vehicle seat belt if it fits properly with the lap belt low on the hips, touching the upper thighs, and the shoulder belt crossing the center of the chest. If children are not tall enough for proper belt fit, they must ride in a booster or car seat.
Filed under: Car Safety, Injury Prevention on January 24th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It can be very difficult for children using inhalers to coordinate pressing the inhaler and breathing in at the same time. Using a spacer with an inhaler can help your child get the proper amount of medicine into his or her lungs.
A spacer looks like a round plastic tube that fits on the mouthpiece of your child’s inhaler. Typically, spacers are prescribed by doctors.
Filed under: Adolescents & Teens, RN Remedies, School-Age on January 23rd, 2012 | No Comments »
Thank you for supporting us in 2011!
Last year was a defining year for us as well as for those in the Los Angeles community. In 2011, we witnessed the culmination of events that, with your generous support, we worked toward for years along with the launch of many new exciting initiatives.
I want to take a moment to celebrate with you, our supporters in our community, because what we have accomplished together this year is truly phenomenal.
Filed under: Community, Education, Events, Fundraising, Hospital News on January 18th, 2012 | No Comments »
