Friday, April 8th, 2011
Hear the beat
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Kindergarten students from St. Marys participated in the Make Believe Hospital program Thursday at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. The program was developed 24 years ago with the goal of introducing children to the hospital environment in a relaxed method to alleviate fears if they should have to stay there in the future. Above, Aireyona Thornsberry gets ready to listen to a heartbeat with a stethoscope.

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