What Goes Around...

 When my children were in ninth grade, they were required to do a CAPstone project during the year. This Citizen Action Project was a service project to benefit the community in some way. Each student did their own project, and most projects took much of the school year to complete, from submitted proposal to finished project.

Beth chose to make dolls to donate to the Seattle Children's Hospital. These dolls were made of muslin, and had no features. The idea was that a child in the hospital could draw their own face on the doll, and how they felt about being in the hospital (happy, sad, relieved, mad, etc.)

2002 - Beth sewing her dolls

Beth with one of the finished dolls.

Dolls on display at home before taking them to Children's Hospital

Last week Beth was at her local hospital with her daughter Rachel (age 2). Rachel was getting tubes put in her ears (9 ear infections in two years). Guess what they gave Rachel? That's right, a muslin doll. Plus a bonus: a little hospital gown to go with it.

Rachel's new baby

Beth drew in features like Rachel's - green eyes, and a delightful smile. Especially now that she has her tubes in. Rachel loves her new baby.

Our thanks to the volunteer who made this baby. It really helped Rachel, and I know other children have been helped by these dolls also.