Utah Designers aid Lakeview Hospital

UTAH DESIGNERS LEAGUE ASSOCIATION raised funds for Lakeview Hospital, recently. Laurel Lindsay (second from right), accepts a check for the Lakeview Hospital Auxiliary from members of the group. From left, Karen Larkin, Robert McArthur, Jeanette Oakes and at right, Tonya Olsen

Mar 04, 2010
By Louise R. Shaw
BOUNTIFUL — They’re a small group but they’ve got a big vision. And though they’ve only been together a few years, they’ve already had an impact.

The Utah Designers League Association is made up of interior designers from the South Davis area, as well as those interested in marketing, in furniture moving and in alternative health.

The 19 members sponsored last fall’s Designer Showcase Fall Tour, and recently presented the proceeds – a check for $4,500 – to the Lakeview Hospital Auxiliary.

“Our mission is to give back to the community,” said Robert McArthur, last year’s president. McArthur started the home tour in 2007 and donated the earnings to help pay medical expenses for Carly Mossman, whose mother died giving birth and who has multiple health concerns.

“All the money’s given to the organization we sponsor,” he said, crediting those who donate printing and advertising and the volunteers who put in hundreds of hours.

In accepting the donation for the hospital auxiliary, Laurel Lindsay said the money donated in the past had been used for scholarships for some of the junior volunteers that work at the hospital, and for a new golf cart for people who need help getting from the parking lot to the hospital. This year’s donation was also used in part for scholarships and sub-for-Santa gifts.

Association members plan to continue the tradition, and have scheduled this year’s tour for Sept. 10 and 11 and are already lining up homes around the area.

This year’s fund-raiser is slated to benefit Circle the Wagons, a project established by Vickie Walker, whose husband died and whose son was injured in the Trolley Square shootings. The group supplies police departments and social workers with kits to deliver to victims in the case of catastrophic events in their lives.