Thursday, February 12, 2009

Children's Hospital of Michigan...home of the Valentine donations

I took pictures of the cart full of the cards but it really didn't do justice to the over 5000 cards that were taken to the hospital.The final count was 5682 and the last of the donors were Jennifer Stinnett and M. Leach. Thank you all for an outstanding job...well done by some mighty fine crafters.
Relaxing area for parents to wait.

The wall is example of the bright and cheery atmosphere the hospital gives to the public. It's a wonderful place with caring people.

This area is for the kids to go for doing crafts or relaxing etc.
This is a picture of two of the staff that are in the area of where the Valentines will be used. On the right is Deanna who is in charge of the area, she is a child life specialist.

Skyline of Detroit area looking out from the hospital

11 comments:

Heather in FL said...

Wow, that is awesome! 5600?!? Gotta love the internet for getting the word out! And gotta love people for stepping up and donating. :-)

Anonymous said...

Pat I'm so happy that your Valentines project was such a huge success! Kudos!!

Janine said...

Hi Pat!! What a wonderful thing you did here... And over 5,000 cards... AMAZING!!! Incredible!!
Hope you are well and that you have a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

So glad to see these pictures, it helps us to feel the atmosphere that you are going into :)

Terry said...

My daughter(who is doing her residency at Childrens)just got off her overnight and said that all the kids have homemade mailboxes on their doors and the Dr.s, nurses, interns, ect are all signing the cards and handing them out to their patients. Everyone is so excited and appreciate all the cards that were delivered. Thanks for spearheading this project.

Curt in Indy said...

I just can't get over that total! It is simply amazing. Well done everyone! Best, Curt

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh Pat, over 5,600, that's totally awesome! I'm so thrilled so many participated and you were able to collect so many! What a blessing you are!!!

Unknown said...

Pat...WOW! Amazing effort on the part of you coordinating, all the folks that advertised for you, and of course, all the great donors.

THANKS!

terriavidreader (IN-USA) said...

You have to love those cardmakers and their talents and giving nature! I'm proud to have been a small part of this! Plus it encouraged me to do something local as well!

Shirley said...

So exciting and so great to see where all of your cards will be. Thanks, Pat for taking the pictures and sharing them. God bless you for your hard work.

Debbie said...

AWESOME! You are THE BEST~ & Thanks for inviting me to be a part of it! *hugs*