by Kathy Engle | May 14, 2025
Many Thursday afternoons, visitors to the San Carlos clinic of Sutter’s Palo Alto Medical Foundation hear the soothing sounds of guitarist Vance Daddi. As patients stop to listen, many smile and thank Vance. But recently, something truly astonished him. “I was playing...
by Sutter Health | Mar 31, 2025
By Liz Madison and Michelle Grant, Vitals contributors Colette Scott was buried in her hospital volunteer uniform. The 96-year-old entered the afterlife this past February adorned in a lanyard studded with pins and fastened with badges — a symbol of volunteer...
by Sutter Health | Mar 21, 2023
By Rachel Merriman, Vitals contributor Ruby stood proudly on the edge of the bed. Her wagging tail told a story of its own – and how could it not, with all the love she had received from hospital employees and visitors that day? “You remind me of my dog at home,”...
by Angie Sheets | Apr 21, 2022
For National Volunteer Week (April 17-23), Vitals will introduce readers to a few of the thousands of Northern Californians who give their valuable time to help patients, visitors and staff at medical facilities. In this final installment, we meet Alyce Glazer, who...
