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Message from the President of The Auxiliary to Texas Children’s Hospital

Spring is upon us, and it is amazing the first quarter of the year has come and gone.
I hope all of you are doing well, and 2015 is starting off on a positive note. With the
change of seasons, The Auxiliary has seen some transition as well.

Townes Pressler announced his retirement as tion of the magazine, we hear from people who
board of trustees liaison. At a farewell celebra- have been led here by personal experiences, some
tion for him at the February board meeting, I happy, some bittersweet. I think you’ll be in-
told him we are grateful for his  years of ded - spired and touched by many of the responses.
ication and service to The Auxiliary. His insight
and words of wisdom were invaluable and will After  years as a dedicated volunteer and
be greatly missed. We would like to welcome a charter member of The Auxiliary, Elaine Kuper
the new liaison, Y. Ping Sun. We’re all looking recently announced her retirement. In this
forward to working with her. issue’s Q&A, you can learn a bit about her his-
tory at the hospital and what she’s up to now.
Also, we are pleased to welcome Paige Schulz What an honor it’s been for all of us to have
as new director of Volunteer Services. Michael her as a role model. Thank you, Elaine, for your
Walsh has been a very engaged and energetic dedication and congratulations on your many
leader, and we wish him great success in his new achievements.
endeavors.
One final note. We were surprised by the
As the hospital grows and expands, I want appearance of Texas Children’s president and
to be sure every Texas Children’s volunteer at CEO Mark Wallace at the March board of trust-
every campus knows we appreciate their service. ees meeting. It was great to see him back in his
That’s why I am excited to announce my ini- leadership role, and we are all grateful for his
tiative to take The Auxiliary on the road came speedy recovery.
to fruition in April when we had our first-ever
board meeting at Texas Children’s West Cam- ROCKY GHONEIM
pus. I want to thank the leadership, as well as President
Volunteer Services, at West Campus for being The Auxiliary, ‒ 
gracious in hosting us.

Now what can you read about in this issue
of Watch? Each volunteer has a story, a reason
to generously give their time. In this special edi-