Spreading the love: hospital staff get special gifts for Valentine’s Day
Elmore Park Middle School teacher Rachael Taylor delivers Valentine’s Day gift bags to St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Exceptional needs elementary students made sure workers at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett got some unexpected love while caring for others on Valentine’s Day.
The Elmore Park Middle School students created 100 gift bags for hospital staff. Their functional skills teacher Rachel Taylor hand-delivered them to various departments around the hospital on Friday, Feb. 14.
“I absolutely love this,” Audrey Mills, emergency room nursing manager, said. “I think it’s really awesome, especially for students with disabilities to have the opportunity to serve back when normally it’s us trying to serve them.”
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Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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