Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange gives holiday gifts to families of local U.S. Marines

Marines from Camp Pendleton stopped by Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange on Wednesday to pick up holiday gifts that will be delivered to military families.

This marks the 13th year that Providence St. Joseph Hospital has been working with the military families from the 1st Battalion 11th Marines stationed in Camp Pendleton. This holiday season, the hospital helped 11 military families.

As a token of appreciation, Providence St. Joseph Hospital was awarded a plaque on behalf of the United States Marine Corps 1st Battalion 11th Marines.

The plaque was presented for the hospital’s “continuous, faithful and devoted service to Marines, Sailors and families abroad Marine Corps Installations West Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.”

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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