From roughly the 1950s until the early ’90s, high school girls who were interested in nursing could don a pink-and-white-striped pinafore and volunteer at a hospital, doing chores such as fetching ice ...

There’s a shortage of nurses in Georgia, and local hospitals are struggling to fill their ranks. Navicent Health hopes to change that. In August, the hospital rebooted its candy stripers program, ...

Sharese Gaines kept a family tradition alive this summer and made her grandmother incredibly proud. The stint as a red and white uniformed volunteer continued the momentum in the family’s ...

The name Roger Corman is synonymous with all things fun, scary, goofy, sleazy, and monstrous in film; and the new book Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen, and Candy Stripe Nurses shows off a different ...

The Candy Striper program is believed to have started in 1944, when a group of high school girls began volunteering at a local hospital in New Jersey. The girls were recognized by their "candy-striped ...

An iconic health-care initiative that has become scarce in recent years is making a comeback at a local senior living facility, and administrators say all parties involved are benefiting. Methodist ...

FALL RIVER — In a red-and-white striped pinafore and sneakers, candy striper Jessica McCausland fed her patients their lunch and brought them little comforts as she made her rounds at Charlton ...

Eighty-five candy stripers were honoured at the annual candy striper award ceremony held on Saturday night. The Hospitals Auxiliary of Bermuda (HAB) presented the youth volunteers with a stripe, pin ...