West Elementary School donates over 200 gift items to Veterans Memorial Hospital ...

The Waukon West Elementary School, from Preschool through second grade, recently donated over 200 gift items to Veterans Memorial Hospital in lieu of a gift exchange this year. Donations included stuffed animals, picture books, fleece blankets and puzzle books. These items were all given by the students and their families to be handed out to the patients at the hospital in the ‘spirit of giving’ to help brighten their stay and keep them entertained and comfortable. All of these gifts have been made available in a variety of departments around the hospital such as the patient floor, Surgery, Emergency Room, Maternity and Ambulance. Pictured above are the West Elementary students and their teachers with some of the Veterans Memorial Hospital Nurse Managers accepting their boxes of donations. Submitted photo.