In 2009, Erica Sokol was a University of Florida freshman volunteering on the pediatric floor of a local hospital. She spent most of her time playing with the kids, many of whom had cancer. But with not enough volunteers to go around, she noticed that most of the children were by themselves, without a buddy like her.
“I wanted to help the kids so they didn’t have to go through this alone,” Sokol, 27, of Philadelphia, recalls. “I thought, ‘Here I am on a campus with all these students who want to help. How could I bring the two together?’ “
With the permission of hospital staffers,...
“I wanted to help the kids so they didn’t have to go through this alone,” Sokol, 27, of Philadelphia, recalls. “I thought, ‘Here I am on a campus with all these students who want to help. How could I bring the two together?’ “
With the permission of hospital staffers,...
- 7/27/2017
- by Diane Herbst
- PEOPLE.com
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