As part of April’s Child Abuse Prevention Month, Northern Inyo Healthcare District once again displayed a pinwheel garden in front of the district’s two-story hospital. NIHD is honored to stand with its partners across the county recognizing the importance of families and communities working together to strengthen families to prevent child abuse and neglect.

The pinwheel by its nature connotes playfulness, joy, and childhood. It has come to serve as a physical reminder of the great childhoods we want for all children.

Shown here on a perfect day for pinwheels, and wearing blue in support of the cause, are NIHD team members, back row, from left: Rosie Graves, NIHD Board of Directors Member Mary Mae Kilpatrick, Launa Strickland, Dr. Lindsey Ricci of Northern Inyo Associates Pediatrics, Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Colleen McEvoy of Northern Inyo Associates Pediatrics (who also sees patients at Bishop Union High School Bronco Clinic), and Marcia Male. In front are: Linda Bull, Kelly Faldowski, James Nichols, Annastasia Beaman, and Elizabeth Esparza.

Photo by Scot Swan/Northern Inyo Healthcare District