May 4, 2001

Trading schoolyards for timecards

Clockwise from top, children visit MGH Back Bay, Mariam Saghbini in mask and Amber O'Connell, right, with Celeste Peters in the WACC Lobby.

Visitors passing through the MGH April 26 may have had to pause abruptly for a double take. Across the main campus and CNY, tiny hands and big grins were hard at work as more than 200 children of MGH employees participated in Take Our Children To Work Day. Kids had the chance to sample the cuisine of the Eat Street Café, tour the hospital and pay a visit to the Children's Health Fair on the Bulfinch lawn. Though the children weren't able to bring home paychecks, they were given certificates in the Ether Dome to remember their experience.