Capitol
Hill Club Prepare Dolls for Sick Children
by Janice MacKinnon
In December 2008, the
members of the Kiwanis Club of Capitol Hill engaged
in a very rewarding and heart-warming project. Thirty
Kiwanian dolls were stiched, stuffed and packaged along
with colored magic markers. These were delivered to
the Children's National Medical Center in Washington
DC. These dolls are used with children who need to
undergo painful procedures or those who need a special
toy to make their stay more enjoyable. Whatever the
child might go through, so does the doll. The Club
also collected and donated 2009 calendars to the patients
at the Specialty Hospital of Washington.
Another on-going project is donating first-class stamps to the Stamp-Out-Loneliness Program. These stamps are distributed to incarcerated women to assist them on maintaining communication with their loved ones. So far 206 stamps have been provided to the program.