STOCKTON - After lugging several boxes of donated medical scrubs into the gym at Health Careers Academy, Cameron Lee paused for a moment and considered the true significance of the gift.
"It's good to know the community is helping us and knows that we can really change the future and make a big impact on society," said the 15-year-old Lee, a sophomore at Stockton Unified's small health high school on the University Park campus.
The school held an assembly Wednesday morning celebrating the gift of about 200 sets of new and used scrubs, which were collected from 34 prison hospitals in California, including the recently opened facility off Arch Airport Road.
Larry Fong, the chief executive officer for Stockton's new $900 million California Health Care Facility, said he hoped the gift would provide encouragement to the nearly 400 students at the school.
"There's a message behind it, that there are folks out there who care and are committed to your mission," Fong said.
Earlier, he had addressed HCA's freshmen, telling them, "Every one of you has the opportunity to choose your career path and chase your dreams. It can be done."
