BAKERSFIELD, CA - January 8, 2021 -

Dignity Health Bakersfield invites the community to join us in honoring those called to care during the pandemic through a campaign called Operation White Lights. As we begin this new year with new hope, Operation White Lights encourages the public to display white lights and white ribbons in support of health care workers and first responders everywhere.

“Everyone who works in health care has demonstrated unwavering courage in the face of this pandemic,” says Robin Mangarin-Scott, Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Dignity Health Central California. “Their strength and humanity is a light of hope for so many patients and families impacted by COVID-19. Operation White Lights is a way to lift up our healers and let them know the community cares about them.”

Mercy and Memorial Hospitals encourage community leaders, businesses, and residents to join Operation White Lights by displaying white lights and ribbons on homes, businesses, cars, or worn on lapels as a gesture of support for care teams and first responders throughout Kern County and by sharing messages of gratitude on social media.

Additionally, Mercy and Memorial are displaying tunnels of white lights at employee entrances during the month of January and will display luminarias with messages of gratitude and encouragement at the end of the month at each hospital in celebration of our health care heroes.

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About Dignity Health Memorial Hospital 
Dignity Health Memorial Hospital is a 426 bed acute care medical center offering a full range of services including the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center, Grossman Burn Center at Memorial Hospital, expanded maternity and family care, the Lauren Small Children’s Center including the area’s only dedicated pediatric emergency room, orthopedic services, wound care center, 24-hour emergency care and general/outpatient surgery. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House and Hope House. A member of CommonSpirit Health, Dignity Health Memorial Hospital is a trusted community partner, serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality, compassionate care since 1956.