There are many children who are receiving treatment at St. Christopher’s Hospital who are at risk of infection. The hospital staff has to be very careful about what sorts of activities the sick children can participate in, so they were extremely thrilled to hear that the girls had customized a coloring book just for patients at St. Christopher’s, and that they wanted to hand-deliver the books. A book and crayons were carefully packaged in a zip lock bag for each child.

So, on a cold and cloudy day in February, the five girls climbed into a Shipley van driven by Head of Lower School Maggie Granados, and headed to North Philadelphia to deliver the books to Director of Child Life, Candy Nyce, and Child Life Specialist, Marilyn McBride. Though it was not advisable for the children to deliver the books directly to the sick children, they were assured how appreciative they were.

Of course, there were others who made the coloring book possible and the girls are very appreciative of those individuals’ and organizations’ efforts. The printing of the coloring book was donated by local Bryn Mawr business, Professional Duplicating, and employees Elaine Campbell and Joe Spaventa. Kenny Trimble, of Peace Products in Malvern, generously donated all the zip lock bags that were used.