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Welcome to our first edition of News From The Fourth World. So what do we here at Doc Gurley mean by “the Fourth World”? It’s a world you see and deal with every day – maybe when you go downtown, maybe when you’re on vacation, or maybe right on the sidewalk in front of your […] Doc Gurley waved a loving farewell to the wee Zipster this week. She’s been working through her sadness using art therapy. Her kids found her covered in red paint, wiping her cheeks at the kitchen table. She’ll pull out of it soon (or run out of pastels first). Help Doc Gurley move out of […] Zippy knew Doc Gurley had something special in store for him for his last day with her, but he wasn’t sure what. When she woke him and told Zippy the two of them were going to hit the road, he got a bit panicky and wouldn’t come out of his tent. Doc Gurley had to […] Zippy knew there was one place he really wanted to visit while he was here in the Bay Area – the Children’s Hospital of Oakland. Lots of kids get superb treatment here for all kinds of problems, especially the problems closest to Zippy’s heart – kids with brain tumors. Oakland Children’s Hospital takes care of […] Zippy got down with the beat at the famous Lafayette Summer Music Jazz Workshop for kids. Hundreds of kids came to the workshop from around the country, including New Orleans. It made Zippy’s heart swing with the rhythm of happiness to see all these kids, learning, growing, and joyfully playing together. Here is Zippy on-stage, […] We bundled up Zippy for the San Francisco summertime chill and headed into the big city. Everyone knows, you can’t visit San Francisco without a trolley car ride. Here’s Zippy getting the (well-deserved) V.I.P. treatment. It takes a tough shell and a tender heart to do what Zippy does – travel off to unknown lands, […] |
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