Honors students on the Kent State Salem Campus recently completed a service project that will help provide comfort for young patients at Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital.
During their clinical rotations at the hospital, the nursing students who are in the Honors Program met with a volunteer coordinator to find ways to reach out to patients and learned that blankets are greatly appreciated.
In response, the students met on campus between classes to assemble 10 fleece tie blankets. While some club funds were used to purchase material, some students purchased material on their own.
The honor students participating in the project were Jennifer Tedrow, Zoey Almy, Haley Hazelbaker, Katelyn Reinhart and Abigail Wolfgang.
Kris Harrington, an associate lecturer of English serves as the coordinator of the honors program at Kent State Salem, organized the logistics of the project and contacted hospital personnel to work out details.
Cutline A: Honors students from Kent State Salem with fleece blankets they made for patients at Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital are (front, from left) Zoey Almy and Haley Hazelbaker; and (back, from left) Katelyn Reinhart, Jennifer Tedrow and Abigail Wolfgang.
Cutline B: Honors nursing students Jennifer Tedrow and Zoey Almy with the blankets made and donated to Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital.
Cutline C: Zoey Almy making a blanket.
Cutline D: Haley Hazelbaker working on her project.
Cutline E: Katelyn Reinhart with her handiwork.
Cutline F: Jennifer Tedrow making her blanket.