MI - Shining lights uplift children at Beaumont Hospital

[BetteDavisEyes]

Shining lights uplift hospitalized children at Beaumont

Royal Oak — Six-year-old Griffin Anderson had waited all day for this moment.

Just before 8 p.m. one night last week, the young boy hopped on a guest bed near the window of his fifth-floor room at Beaumont Children’s Hospital. He started shining a blue flashlight at a crowd of people gathered in a lot below.

He also waved at them. Minutes later, they too shined their own flashlights back up at Griffin, creating a sea of white light...

To help children, such as Griffin, feel less isolated during the holidays, Beaumont has invited community members every night in December to shine lights up at children who look down from their rooms or the hospital’s skywalk.

Beaumont Children’s Pediatric Family Advisory Council organized the effort and plans to continue it through Dec. 31...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...ift-hospitalized-children-beaumont/108733002/

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

Shining lights uplift hospitalized children at Beaumont
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...ift-hospitalized-children-beaumont/108733002/

what a beautiful story, BDE! I encourage others to read the Detroit News article you linked as it tells about how this started and will bring tears to your eyes! (maybe, if you're sappy like me.)

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

This was a fabulous local holiday hospital story, too: http://www.detroitnews.com/picture-...isit-childrens-hospital-of-michigan/95440956/

 

[dotr]

Shining lights uplift hospitalized children at Beaumont

Royal Oak — Six-year-old Griffin Anderson had waited all day for this moment.

Just before 8 p.m. one night last week, the young boy hopped on a guest bed near the window of his fifth-floor room at Beaumont Children’s Hospital. He started shining a blue flashlight at a crowd of people gathered in a lot below.

He also waved at them. Minutes later, they too shined their own flashlights back up at Griffin, creating a sea of white light...

To help children, such as Griffin, feel less isolated during the holidays, Beaumont has invited community members every night in December to shine lights up at children who look down from their rooms or the hospital’s skywalk.

Beaumont Children’s Pediatric Family Advisory Council organized the effort and plans to continue it through Dec. 31...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...ift-hospitalized-children-beaumont/108733002/

This actually gave me goosebumps, so delightful!

Program invites community to shine lights on hospitalized children who flicker lights back at them.