2009-12-17 / News

St. Ignace Elementary Students Bring Christmas to Long Term Care Residents


Above: St. Ignace elementary students gather at Mackinac Straits Hospital's long-term care unit to sing Christmas carols and pass out handmade ornaments and Christmas cards. A special treat this year, pine cone Christmas ornaments, were made by the students from huge cones brought from Mississippi by Ralph Coburn of St. Ignace. Above: St. Ignace elementary students gather at Mackinac Straits Hospital's long-term care unit to sing Christmas carols and pass out handmade ornaments and Christmas cards. A special treat this year, pine cone Christmas ornaments, were made by the students from huge cones brought from Mississippi by Ralph Coburn of St. Ignace.
At left: Ilene Talentino (left) and Isabelle Steenberg (right) are a few of the long-term care residents at Mackinac Straits Hospital to receive ornaments and Christmas cards from St. Ignace elementary students when they visited the facility Friday, December 11. At left: Ilene Talentino (left) and Isabelle Steenberg (right) are a few of the long-term care residents at Mackinac Straits Hospital to receive ornaments and Christmas cards from St. Ignace elementary students when they visited the facility Friday, December 11.
Bottom left: Vanessa McCrory, a St. Ignace first grade student, gives a Christmas card she made in class to long term care resident Doris Schmidt. In the background, Isabelle Steenberg is happy to receive a homemade Christmas card from Jocelyn Joseph. Bottom left: Vanessa McCrory, a St. Ignace first grade student, gives a Christmas card she made in class to long term care resident Doris Schmidt. In the background, Isabelle Steenberg is happy to receive a homemade Christmas card from Jocelyn Joseph.
Madyson Clark, a St. Ignace first grade student, gave a Christmas card she made in class to George Belonga when her class visited the hospital's long term care unit Friday, December 11. Madyson Clark, a St. Ignace first grade student, gave a Christmas card she made in class to George Belonga when her class visited the hospital's long term care unit Friday, December 11.

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