SANTA BARBARA, Calif.,
April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Cheeriodicals today announced the delivery of more than 200
personalized cheer-up gifts to pediatric patients at Cottage
Children's Medical Center and to Veteran patients at Santa Barbara
Veterans Affairs Clinic.
Cheeriodicals' gifts are made up of age-appropriate magazines
and crafts, activity books, puzzles, and games for children to
enjoy. The Cheeriodicals duffel bag for Veterans contains an
embroidered blanket, travel tumbler, puzzle books, convenience
items and magazines.
These most recent Cheeriodicals deliveries, made possible
through a donation by The Hanover Insurance Group, were the first
to occur during COVID-19 and were shipped directly to the hospitals
for distribution to the children and Veterans. For the last
eight years, more than 100,000 Cheeriodicals gifts have been
assembled by large corporate teams in a team-building format,
followed by personal delivery to hospital patients. With the
constraints of COVID-19 social distancing in place, Cheeriodicals
launched the new "Direct Ship Initiative" to allow corporate
partners to continue to make a positive impact on patients without
physically gathering their teams together for team building
events.
"We are humbled to work with The Hanover Insurance Group to
deliver smiles to hospitalized children and Veterans in
Santa Barbara during this
challenging time for our country," said Gary Parisher, President of
Cheeriodicals. "We held one of our signature team building
activities with The Hanover in
Boston in January, benefiting 200
hospitalized children in Massachusetts. The amazing impact of
that event led their management team to request a similar event in
Santa Barbara. When their
leadership team had to cancel their Santa
Barbara event due to COVID-19 concerns, they requested to
proceed with their delivery of Cheeriodicals to the pediatric
patients at Cottage Children's Medical Center and the Veteran
patients at Santa Barbara VA Clinic. Their desire to still deliver
cheer to these patients, even when their meeting was canceled, is
an example of giving back that will set a high standard for us for
years to come."
"The children and Veterans in these two facilities need our
encouragement and support," said Paul J.
Mueller, West zone executive at The Hanover. "We were thrilled to have the
opportunity to work on this gift delivery with Cheeriodicals, and
we hope this gesture will make the day a little brighter for the
children and Veterans."
In this new Cheeriodicals delivery format, representatives from
Cottage Children's Medical Center's child life program and the
Santa Barbara VA Clinic's voluntary services team will distribute
the Cheeriodicals gifts to their patients on behalf of The Hanover
Insurance Group.
"We would like to thank The Hanover Insurance Group and
Cheeriodicals for making such a substantial donation during
this truly overwhelming time in our history," said Jaynie R. Wood, Certified Child Life Specialist,
Cottage Children's Medical Center. "These packages will help
patients in all areas within the Children's Services Department and
are most certainly going to be a bright light in a time of so much
challenge."
"On behalf of the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Santa
Barbara, Voluntary Service would like to take this opportunity to
thank The Hanover Insurance Group and Cheeriodicals for the benefit
of our Veterans. Your generous donations in the midst of a national
crisis couldn't have come at a better time when some may be feeling
isolated or alone. Your thoughtfulness and concern for the Veterans
who served their country reflect the best of America and service to
the nation. Your contribution is greatly appreciated and will
assist in enhancing the morale of the Veterans who seek treatment
here during this most difficult time," commented Alexia Lunningham, Chief of Voluntary
Services.
About Cheeriodicals
Cheeriodicals is a national corporate team building company that
conducts philanthropic events benefiting children's hospitals,
Ronald McDonald Houses, Veterans Hospitals, the American Cancer
Society and other charity groups. For more information about
Cheeriodicals' new Direct Ship Initiative, visit our
website, or follow Cheeriodicals on Facebook and
Instagram.
About The Hanover
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is the holding company for
several property and casualty insurance companies, which together
constitute one of the largest insurance businesses in the United States. The company provides
exceptional insurance solutions through a select group of
independent agents and brokers. Together with its agents, The
Hanover offers standard and
specialized insurance protection for small and mid-sized
businesses, as well as for homes, automobiles, and other personal
items. For more information, please visit hanover.com.
Media Contacts:
Mary Martha Parisher
General Counsel
205-677-2069
mparisher@cheeriodicals.com
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