UMaine Partners for World Health donating Christmas stockings, WABI reports
WABI (Channel 5) reported members of Partners for World Health at the University of Maine have made 140 stockings from unused amputee bags for their Christmas Stockings for the Homeless Project. The group filled the stockings with personal care items including shampoo, lotion, toothpaste, mouthwash, and socks, collected from Northern Light Health and St. Joseph Healthcare. The group will deliver the stockings to the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter and the Hope House in Bangor on Dec. 15, WABI reported. “The homeless just don’t have these items, and because we have so much, we felt like we could give back and really meet that need rather than sending it across seas like we do with our other medical equipment,” said Tessa Lilley, co-president of Partners for World Health at UMaine. “There’s people right here that need our help, and if we are able to do that, why wouldn’t we?”