1 R Special Advertising Section | Sunday, April 24, 2022 31 GIVING GUIDE By Arielle Dreher The Spokesman-Review (TNS) After a dozen years and more than 15,000 pillowcase donations, a Spokane nonprofit recently closed a chapter of bringing joy to children and teens at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in some of their toughest moments. Back in 2010, Joyce Beach began a local chapter of Ryan’s Case for Smiles, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing smiles to kids’ faces in hospitals around the country by donating pillowcases that make their hospital rooms feel a bit more like home. Beach got the idea after spending time with her grandson in a children’s hospital in Michigan. She recalls his face lighting up when a nurse came in and asked if he would like to make his own pillowcase. Beach said he picked a kit for a red pillowcase with Bart Simpson on it. Seeing the way it brought a smile to his face, she decided to make it happen back at home in Washington. Last month, Beach dropped off the group’s final batch of pillowcases, which filled two Radio Flyer wagons, to the Providence team. The core group of local volunteers who have sewn countless pillowcases say it’s been one heck of a ride. Tony Schuh, family resource coordinator at Sacred Heart, would take the wag- ‘I’ve gotten more from this than I’ve given’: Nonprofit in Spokane makes 15,000 pillowcases for hospitalized kids DAN PELLE / THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (TNS) Since 2010, the Spokane chapter of Ryan’s Case for Smiles donated pillowcases to children and teens at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital to help make their hospital rooms feel a bit more like home. See Donations, page 33 Investing in Child Care is Investing in the Future. Child Care Resources|Childcare.org To donate, scan the QR code below or visit: bit.ly/CCR_GiveBIG2022 © Lisa Bontje Photography 1225 S Weller St #300, Seattle, WA 98144 Email: Getinvolved@childcare.org Paid Advertisement
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