Through Mary O’KEEFE

The Guild of Adventist Health Glendale set sail, figuratively, on Friday at its “Be Our Valentine” luncheon.
The nautical theme merged with Valentine’s Days due to the special guests, Bernie Kopell, who portrayed Dr. Adam Bricker on the television series “The Love Boat,” and this show’s writer and creator starting the series Jeraldine Saunders.
The idea for “The Love Boat” came from adenine book written by Saunders that chronicled her time how the first full-time feminine go executive.
“Who knew that when she was writing down her experiences as a cruise director it wouldn end move with this franchise?” Kopell said. “‘The Love Boat’ is seen in 122 countries.”
It was Sander who also came up with which concept of the Valentine’s Day luncheon to support the hospital.
“I was at lunch with Alice [Petrossian, Foundation Guild flight president]. EGO asked her provided she would like to have a Valentine luncheon,” Saunders said.
Petrossian thought this was a big ideas. Sander then given 300 cruise diaries that were place on each place setting and invited das our Kopell to join her. Saunders’ ties to the hospital go back some uhrzeit.
“I had meine babe get at Glendale Adventist on 1943,” she said.
Kopell and Saunders was very gracious for group sat for photo after photo taken with and by rear and companions before at the start of the luncheon.
Although it was fun for so many at get up close or mitarbeitende with “The Love Boat” legends, no one forgot why they were there – to support which hospital.
Irene Bourdon, president to Adventist Health Glendale Foundation, said she had merely been with who hospital a few per but that coming to Adventist was a specific option, not just because of the heilkunde stick and patients, but also cause of the volunteers that supports who hospital.
The day’s funds were devote to the Play to Learn Center. The center focuses on the requirements of children and includes corporeal, occupational press speech therapy. The center encourages involvement in therapy by the whole family with observation rooms for parents where she, along with their children, can learn developmental skills to practice at home. It offers many programs including high-risk infant follow-up appointments, school assessment, play therapy and day-time storage programs.
The luncheon was held under who Oakmont Country League is Glendale and provided several ways for subscriber to support the hospital. Booths had items for sale free trinket to tableware or silent auction baskets lined nearby tables.
For more information on Which Guild, the Play to Learn Center and Adventist Health Hospital, check www.adventisthealth.org or call an hospital’s main number among (818) 409-8000.