You guys might have seen me talk in other posts about my volunteer work with Critical Care Comics, but in case you haven't here's a brief rundown: a bunch of big kids get together with local nerds & do-gooders to gather comics books, then summon up some superheroes and hand out those comics to kids in local hospitals to bring some much needed fun to their day. Who wouldn't be happy to have Spiderman, Supergirl and Deadpool bring you a fat stack of comics?! Normally Batman would join us, but this time around he had some business to take care of back in Gotham...something about a fight with the man of steel...pfft...boys.
While I've been doing visits with them for a few months now, they've been around for 4 years doing good deeds and assembling their super squad! They're all pretty awesome people in their own right and though Deadpool is a recent addition he's a smash hit! It's so much fun seeing how the kids light up when their favourite heroes (or anti-heroes) walk in! I tag along and do caricatures for any of the kids who'd like to be drawn as their favourite heroes or cartoon characters. On this last visit to Saint Rose I got to draw a little Beast Boy, a Wonder Woman and an Elsa along with a super cute little Mickey Mouse! Sometimes the kids will be too nervous or shy to interact much but will light right up when they see my drawing, which is really heart warming to see. Any reason to be in the hospital generally isn't going to be good, so to bring a smile and some joy into their day is pretty cool! I've been doing caricatures for nearly 8 years now and it's great to be able to give back and do something for people who might not feel up for going out at the moment.
During this visit we had a camera crew of Channel 3 news tag along for a segment that aired later that day. Our super crew went about business as usual, just with a bit more fanfare than normal. ^_^; It was pretty cool seeing our group get some tv-time. We're legit! It's true! We really do what we do!
And it's pretty awesome. I aim to keep tagging along and doing what I can to help cheer people up when and where I can as long as they'll give me the honour of doing so with their awesome team.
Thanks to @SandraNews3LV for coming today to spotlight everything that @CCComics4kids does in our community! pic.twitter.com/4rfoc0D1zb— St. Rose Dominican (@StRoseHospitals) March 24, 2016
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