Superhero Window Washers Strike Again!
I am a sucker for superhero-window-washers-at-children’s-hospital stories. Partly because we are a family of nerds. Partly because my son-in-law is a Spiderman fan. But mostly because my son spent a lot of time in hospitals as a little tyke, and at a certain age, superhero window washers would have made his day.
Superheros Climbing the Walls so Hospitalized Kids Won’t
So a story about superhero window washers at Mattel Children’s Hospital* at UCLA was welcome good news. According to a story out of KTTV in Los Angeles, “Chase Child Life Program sponsored ‘Super Window Washers’ where real life window washers, dressed up as super-heroes, entertained the kids.”
Superhero Shout Out Time
Now’s your chance to give a shout out. Do superheros wash windows at a children’s hospital near you? Tell about them in the comment box, and if there’s an online article, share the link, too. And if you think any of them would come and wash my windows, please let me know. I’d love to schedule an appointment for when my family of nerds is home. They would love it!
*After a thorough search of the Mattel Children’s Hospital website, I found nothing to confirm that the hospital is named after generous donors from the Mattel Toy Company. But if was, don’t you think the female nurses would be named Barbie and wear teeny-tiny designer scrubs and high-heeled Crocs while the male nurses would sport deep tans and be named Ken?
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By Jolene
Jolene Philo is the author of the Different Dream series for parents of kids with special needs. She speaks at parenting and special needs conferences around the country. She’s also the creator and host of the Different Dream website. Sharing Love Abundantly with Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages® for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities, which she co-authored with Dr. Gary Chapman, was released in August of 2019 and is available at local bookstores, their bookstore website, and at Amazon. The first book in her cozy mystery series, See Jane Run!, features people with disabilities.
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Thanks for the super hero sighting, Rachel, and for the link. What fun for the kids!
Though we were never at our children’s hospital when it happened, I heard that a band of superheroes got the windows at the Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota sparkly clean!
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There are more pictures on the SCH facebook page 🙂