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Neighborhood meetings

● The South Harrison Neighborhood Association will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the meeting room of the Miller-Golf Links Branch Library, 9640 E. Golf Links Road. On the agenda are a neighborhood cleanup, discussion of planning groups and the creation of fund-raising projects.

● The Eastside Neighborhood Association will hold its quarterly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Eastside City Hall, 7575 E. Speedway.

The agenda includes PRO Neighborhoods' suggestions for improving neighborhoods, and a representative from the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center will teach the group the "new CPR."

Membership is not necessary to attend the meeting.

Kindergarten tour

Soleng Tom Elementary School, 10520 E. Camino Quince, will hold a kindergarten roundup from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. March 13, 14 and 16.

Incoming kindergartners must be age 5 by Aug. 31. Parents will meet with the principal, tour a kindergarten classroom with their children and receive information. They may register their children at that time.

To make a reservation, call 731-5400.

Closets of toys to open for kids at TMC, UMC

Andrea's Closet, an Arizona nonprofit organization named for a young leukemia patient who died in 2002, will open permanent toy closets for sick and injured kids at 10 a.m. today at the Children's Emergency Center at Tucson Medical Center, 5301 E. Grant Road; and at 2 p.m.in the Third Floor Pediatric Playroom at University Medical Center 1501 N. Campbell Ave.

Andrea's Closet is the legacy of Andrea Nicole Brunk of Phoenix, who was 8 years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in July 2000. Like many children dealing with such a disease, Andrea dreaded her regular visits to the hospital.

Her parents and the hospital staff tried to cheer her up with toys and treats. The effect of these gifts on Andrea's attitude was limited, but during one of her many hospital stays, she was exploring the ward and stumbled upon the closet the hospital's child-life specialists used to store their goodies.

"Her face just lit up," said Andrea's mom, Traci Brunk, in a press release. Whenever it was time to go back to the hospital, Andrea was able to make a new, more positive mental connection.

After enduring 18 months of treatment, Andrea died in January 2002. Traci Brunk found an unusual way of coping: She went shopping for toys for other hospitalized children.

"We created Andrea's Closet because we thought every sick child should have access to a closet full of new toys," Brunk stated.

Andrea's Closet now has a home at several Arizona hospitals. TMC opened an Andrea's Closet in its children's unit in 2004. This will be UMC's first Andrea's Closet.

For more information about the project, visit the www.andreascloset.org Web site.