Stories

Remembering Al Ghirardelli and his extraordinary love of humanity.

It is a great joy to welcome healthy babies every day at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Thankfully, many of these babies will not require advanced care, though when they do, our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is ready to step in.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, volunteers and community members, 2021was a deeply impactful year at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.

Twenty-one clinicians across Providence Southern California were recently recognized at the inaugural Physician Champion Award Dinner on May 5 for their significant contributions to building a culture of philanthropy at their medical campuses.

Dedicated physician and Providence Holy Cross Foundation board member with a heart for helping when & where he can.

“I’ve had the privilege of working with hundreds of health care leaders in hospitals all across the country,” Mark shares, “and I can tell you that Holy Cross is at the top of my list of best hospitals in Los Angeles. It’s always been a top-notch health care facility, and Bernie’s leadership has made it even better.”

Upon her retirement in 2006, Linda created the Linda Coale Nursing Excellence Endowment. Funds from the endowment help nurses pay for continuing education, including advanced degrees and specialty certification programs.

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center’s fourth consecutive Magnet® designation places it in the top two percent of hospitals in the U.S.

May 1, 1984, was a life-changing day for the Sapper family.

It was the day Michele Sapper, then a junior in college, was on her way back to her dorm at Cal State Northridge when she was hit head-on by a one-ton pickup truck. The drunk driver never put on his brakes. It was also the day that Providence Holy Cross Medical Center opened as a trauma center.

Michele would become the hospital’s first successful trauma patient. But her road to recovery from the horrific accident was far from easy.

It’s been nearly two years since a 16-year-old student, armed with a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun, entered the campus of Saugus High School. He shot five students, killing two, before turning the gun on himself.

On November 14, 2019, Mia Tretta was a freshman at Saugus in Santa Clarita. It was a day like any other, with friends hanging out in the quad discussing an upcoming Spanish test and the next day’s school dance.

“Then, suddenly, there were bangs and I was on the ground,” Mia recalls.