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Elderly still eel with variety of By AMY BARCOMB Staff Writer As the holiday season progresses lists, shopping for presents and mak friends and family. Many of South Carolina's 10,0C miss out on these traditional holiday ily in town and very little money. Visitors during the holiday seast them feel like people really care," s mer at the Brian Center. Many nursing homes plan special the place of traditional holiday activi At Manor Care, a nursing home rate the center for Christmas. They Childrei By KATHY HEBERGER Assistant Carolina Life Editor Although children spending Christmas in the hospital might miss out on jingle bells, crinkling holiday wrap and Santa's ho-hoho, volunteers from the community and USC are working to bring holiday cheer to the hospital corridors. Baker dormitory residents will be passing out candy and singing at the hospital Dec. 9, and sororities and fraternities will be caroling this month. "Christmas is a great time to be with your family. You want to be ^THRTSI I^^^^Ear J7 Bikes At Wholei I $cn E A v/U w Holds Any | Bike 'Til. K S Christmas jr 90 Days Same A ebrate holidays fun activities >, many of us are busy making gift ina nlonc to cnond tho hr\1iHo\/C u/ith 1II?j puuu IXJ opvuu Ulv UU11UUJ J 10 senior citizens in nursing homes activities because they have no fam>n "really cheer them up and make aid Becky Derrick, activity programl activities for their residents to take ities. in Columbia, residents helped decotrimmed a tree and hung other decoSee ELDERLY page 14 rft in linen LA All AAU^U at home and see Santa coming ] down the chimney. It's hard to im- * agine Santa coming to the hospi- 1 tal," said sophomore Andrea Del < Favero, president of Baker's resi- 1 dence hall government. After visiting the children's hos- 1 pital for Halloween with her business fraternity, Del Favero said she wanted to bring gifts to the children again. "That one piece of candy you pass out can bring cheer into the parent's and kid's day," she said. Most of the Children's Hospi tars 58 beds stay lull in the beginning of the month, but very few 'MAS Is coir has FREE RENT, t call 779-2373 to move in by CHRISTMAS # ly Bird Christm ate & Better? While Quantitie. ^ fl I Mill iff III 1 f Located in Five Points, Behii s Cash 254-9 t %. % Hey ... Those are Fr Economics junior Motoko Mi; mire Christmas ornaments, whi sale for $10 each. ital have patients stay in the hospital on Christmas Day. Usually only infants, children who have been in r?nf Artrtlrlnnfp onH philHrnn ll/ltfl L,ai attiutiiu aim uuiuivu nun cancer who have contracted the flu stay through Christmas Day. The hospital is for patients from birth to 18 years old. Hospital employees said they are glad to have the volunteers' help with holiday festivities for the children. Most activities are during the beginning of the month because it is during this time that children miss school activities and talking with Santa. 'They miss out on having a ho ?ng, the word is ;here's no doubt! ^ w '^TTt, iM . fa. as Bicvcle Sal J ? s Last? Largest Selection li id Eckerds, on Pavillion 797 "if ^ I[B 40^. *' - ^ . w. agile zugaki (right) and Ashley Abbott, ch are hand-blown by USC art si i reason liday, on having a family atmosphere," said Carrie Dickey, Child Life Coordinator at the Children's Hosptial. The children's hospital gives each of its patients a bag of gifts from area businesses and stockings from the Cub Scouts. Santa comes tr? nacs out aifts donated hv the community at midnight on Christmas Eve. The Champions, an organized volunteer group for the hospital, will build gingerbread houses with the patients this month, and a clown and wizard will come to entertain the children. ?ut /?v ran wn\ n The Carolinas ?f nrrggi ah bikes fr Professionally tji * Assembled JA 7\ With A One-Year jT Service (J Warranty R couegI si lilivW" . H CRCiHtST P*s ? Irs jmr jmSSm Renee Meyer/The Gamecock a senior economics major, ad:udents. The ornaments are on to smile Dickey said the children love having volunteers visit them on holidays but would like to see them through the year too. Volunteer Andy Young, who spends about three hours with the children every week, said he likes the volunteer work because he can see tangible results on the children's faces. "You get more from them than they get from you," he said. Students interested in volunteering their time can call the Children Development Hospital at 765-7719. japoacK mm mm mm mm 1 TAM PAQV 1 ? i r-ii 1 unw i | I 1344 C Knox Abbott Drive l 739-0221 I is $-i -i | io $on * ? visits I I 1 visits ?m\J C:. NO OTHER FEES!! f ?! Coupon & Student ID required ? ? Good thru 12-31-90 vmmmvm: mm/am mm A* /or your 4 / ir.l.'J OI.?n?.'n< ? A | nuuuuy oiiuj/yiiiy j I, Baskets FILLED A , to the Brim! Gifts Si Accessories 1 i Lovely Bath Fragrances j and Toiletries I DELICIOUS jj irm ?>t Pnn/fc / 1 252-1952 \ j.t 2716 Devine Street v^M-F: 10-6; Sat: H-4 J/ Local flt UPS DeUveiy_$jj>i&