Students Still Spreading Kindness on the Front Lines

On King’s “Serve Day” last March, junior Kat Kirkpatrick announced she’d deliver students’ notes of encouragement, on cards made in Mrs. Gale Riley’s art classes, to caregivers at University of Washington Medical Center. Staff writers Elli Kimball and Gavin Kanzaki interview a UWMC caregiver, along with Kat, to follow up. Turns out, students are still making and sending the cards—and Chief Nurse Practitioner Dr. Laurie Soine says their thoughtfulness has deeply touched many UWMC doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic.