WMS Treats Patients to Halloween Party

Published November 11, 2010

Patients at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital were given a special treat this Halloween when students from Woodland Middle School paid them a visit. On October 26, members of the school's eighth grade performance chorus traveled to Nashville to throw a Halloween party for the boys and girls at the hospital.

"This is the sixth year that Woodland Middle has had the privilege to do this Halloween party for Vanderbilt Children's Hospital," said WMS Teacher Assistant Jill McAteer. "This year, our PTO collected enough donations to assemble 175 gift bags for patients at the hospital."

The WMS Student Council assembled the goodie bags, which were later distributed to patients by the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital nursing staff.

The most memorable part of the Halloween party came when a group of Woodland Middle School eighth grade chorus members dressed as characters from the Peanuts comic strip and performed a special concert in the hospital's Butterfly Theater. While some of the patients were able to watch the performance in person, the majority were able to view it from their hospital room via closed-circuit television.

"The patients and their parents really enjoyed the entertainment," said McAteer. "I am so proud of our students and the way they interacted with the patients."