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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 Childrens 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 hospitals skywalk.
Beaumont Childrens 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/
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 Childrens 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 hospitals skywalk.
Beaumont Childrens 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/
