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Whatever happened to candy stripers? Of course, I'm talking about the teen volunteers who donned red and white stripes (hence the name "candy striper") in hospitals who would chat with the patients and help make them comfortable.
Candy Stripers Volunteering
Source: Florida Memory/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
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