Medical House Call Program

The Washington Hospital runs a program called the Medical House Call Program.  Through this program, they recruit volunteers to deliver Thanksgiving dinners to housebound patients.  I recruited my family to participate in this event with me.  We drove around different parts of Washington, DC and delivered Thanksgiving dinners.  Many of the patients were not able to get out of bed because they were either too sick or too old.  Many of them had house keepers or living assistants that answered the door and helped them.  I have to admit that when some of the house keepers asked us to go talk to the patients, I felt uncomfortable.  I was going into houses I did not know to see people that I did not know.  However, I knew that it was for a good cause and these people just wanted to thank us for trying to help them enjoy their Thanksgivings.  I feel good that I was able to help them have happier (and yummier) Thanksgivings.