NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — For the first time TriStar Centennial Children's Hospital was part of a donation initiative called Helping Hands. It is done by J + J Flooring and has happened in Nashville the past few years.
The initiative provides decorated trees to patients. The trees are decorated by different designers and range in theme. This happens in 11 different cities.
According to an official with TriStar Centennial, there were 40 trees and any pediatric patient there the day they were delivered got one.
Any leftover trees would go to new patients admitted.
We followed George West as he picked out his tree. He was in the hospital for emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix.
You can see what tree he picked in the video above.
September 11, 2001 is a day most associate with terror and tragedy. Austin Pollack shares a story from that day about hope and persistence: the effort to save a little girl’s life – with an organ donation. The problem? The young patient was in Houston, and her life-saving liver here in Nashville. With the grounding of all civilian aircraft, how could it be done? “Nobody ever said this isn’t possible.”
- Rhori Johnston
