{"id":21291,"date":"2023-12-15T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/respiratory-care-program-holiday-giving-initiative\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:50:12","slug":"respiratory-care-program-holiday-giving-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/respiratory-care-program-holiday-giving-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Respiratory Care program holiday giving initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 14, the college\u2019s Respiratory Care senior students held their annual holiday gift giving celebration for the residents of Pathways Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Niskayuna.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-157734 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5871-e1702646016748-450x206.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"206\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the past 12 years, students and faculty have purchased, wrapped and delivered presents to the Pathway Center\u2019s 35\u00a0 children, many of whom are permanently on ventilators to support their breathing. Each child at the center receives a special gift, and the students and faculty also try to raise funds to purchase additional toys for the dayroom and classroom, as well as personal items such as clothes and decorative blankets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll senior students in the\u00a0Respiratory Care program\u00a0rotate to complete some clinical education at the facility,\u201d said Department Chair Patricia Hyland. \u201cThey get to know the children and the staff there. This has become an annual tradition for our department and a perfect way to celebrate the holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157732 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1702646105130-290x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The annual tradition is funded through the generosity of students and faculty from the Respiratory Care program.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 17 senior students took part in the celebration with the children.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:50:12 +0000 by\u00a0d.gardner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Dec. 14, the college\u2019s Respiratory Care senior students held their annual holiday gift giving celebration for the residents&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accolades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}