Spurred to action during the pandemic after hearing about isolated hospital patients, I gave my local hospice a call to ask if I could share the colorful critters that had brought so much light to my family during that dark time. Fortunately, the hospice was looking for a volunteer who could make soft and cuddly creatures for the patients with Alzheimer's disease - preferable to other gifts that could cause injuries. 

Although I'm not permitted to physically deliver my gifts, hearing from the staff that my furry friends are sometimes the first present a patient receives in decades, motivates me to keep crocheting with love and fill box after box with my crocheted critters. 

Mother and daughter are dressed up and ready to embrace their new friends at the hospice.