Virginia\nWestern Community College’s Nursing Club will donated angel dresses and suits\nto Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Tuesday as part of a year-long service\nproject led by students. Angel dresses or\nsuits are burial outfits for babies who have recently passed away that are\ncreated from donated wedding gowns. The students created a total of 140\ndresses\/suits they donated to Carilion Clinic and will to LewisGale Medical\nCenter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are very proud to be able to provide these outfits.\nThey are a true blessing to many people,” said Virginia Western nursing student\nMiranda Hurd. “On the worst day of a mother and father’s life, they will be\nable to see their baby in a beautiful gown that is all theirs, no questions asked.\nSome of these gowns came from women in our program who know the pain of losing\na child. So it is very special.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Virginia Western’s nursing students complete service\nprojects each year, but this is the first time they have created angel dresses.\nMary Graham, a retiree who volunteered to help, worked with the students to sew\nthe dresses out of five wedding dresses over a period of several months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each dress or suit is unique and the students, along with\nGraham, delivered the first dresses to the pediatric unit at Carilion Roanoke\nMemorial on Tuesday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"