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Angel Box
Program
Society of Decorative Painters
Yankee Heritage Tole Chapter
Angel Box Program
In June of
1997, three painters in California realized that in area
hospitals, there were many bereaved parents of infants
lost to miscarriages or early deaths. When these
families lost their new-born infants, they went home with
no child in their arms and only a few precious keepsakes
given to them by the nursing staff, usually in a plastic
bag.
Interest in a program to provide hand-painted Angel Boxes for these parents grew as painters communicated via the Internet. Today this program, organized by Tolenet.com, has spread across the world. Hospitals participate in the program from the USA, Canada, Venezuela, and Germany. The boxes are painted and donated by painters around the world. Presently there are over 600 hospitals being served and the need unfortunately continues to grow.
Locally, YHT is supplying over 100
boxes per year to area hospitals. We hope to
include outlying hospitals in the near future. YHT
provides the boxes to its members for painting with
patterns of their choice. Many are original
designs.
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Jeannine Rondeau, President and Joyce Roy, Angel Box
Chairperson
recently delivered angel boxes to the Women and Infants
Hospital in
Providence, R. I. We were warmly received by the
administrators and
nurses, who gave us an inspiring tour of the 5th largest
neo-natal
center in the country. While there, numerous
dedicated nurses gave us
their heartfelt thanks and Jeannine and I were touched by
their sincere
appreciation. The oohs and aahs expressed after
viewing literally every
single one of our 82 angel boxes made us extremely proud
and grateful to
our membership for donating their time and artistic
talents to this
uniquely worthy cause.