Here's How You Can Brighten A Hospital Stay For Local Children

ROYAL OAK, MI — Beaumont Hospital of Royal Oak needs your help brightening the evening for children in their pediatric unit.

“Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams” is coming up. It's a special program created by the Beaumont Children’s Pediatric Family Advisory Council at Beaumont Hospital. Children who are hospitalized can feel isolated from the world and have a hard time settling in for a good night’s sleep, so this initiative gives them something to look forward to, hospital officials said.

All you need to help is a flashlight.

At 8 p.m. every evening, from December 1-31, pediatric patients will shine flashlights from the hospital windows and look for community members standing outside the hospital to flash them back. It only takes a few minutes, but will mean a great deal to young patients and families, staff said.

“Many children are unable to leave their rooms and can feel isolated in the hospital as the rest of the world continues without them,” Beaumont Children’s Child Life Supervisor Kathleen Grobbel said. “With the help of the community, we can make sure they go to bed with smiles on their faces.”

Please plan to arrive by 7:45 p.m. and allow time to park. Carpooling is recommended. Participants will gather on the sidewalk near the Medical Office building and across from the East entrance. Groups of 30 or more are encouraged to register at www.beaumont.org/moonbeams

Parking is available in the small parking lot across from the North Parking Deck and just East of the Medical Office Building on the Beaumont, Royal Oak campus. From the Thirteen Mile entrance, follow the blue signs toward the North parking deck and park in the lot across from the parking deck entrance. Additional parking is also available near the Coolidge entrance and at the Neuroscience Center.

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