• Father-and-son cycle team Pedal 4 Hope from coast to coast
• Strategic planning process gets enthusiastic start
• Food and Drug Administration, Joint Commission surveys underscore quality of care
• Pain resource nurse program celebrates two decades of alleviating patients’ suffering
• Patients get a warm hug through the art of quilting
• Transplant makes them brothers by blood, twice over
• Scarlett Johansson designs stylish beanies to benefit City of Hope’s cancer-fighting efforts

 
A holiday home run

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp draws a laugh from Melinah Rugamas during a visit to City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital on Dec. 15, 2011. (Photo by p.cunningham)

Kemp toured the third and sixth floors at Helford Hospital, handing out Dodgers backpacks and caps and signing autographs. The slugger visited City of Hope in support of ThinkCure, the Dodgers’ official charity that supports collaborative cancer research at City of Hope and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

To see more photos from Kemp’s visit, go to City of Hope’s Facebook page. To see a video, visit City of Hope’s YouTube page.