Despite pandemic, Grayslake woman s mission to bring hospital patients holiday cheer continues
Grayslake resident Elizabeth Lyzzi Elliott hands out free ornaments at Belmont Village Senior Living in Buffalo Grove in 2019. Elliott runs HOPE Ornaments, which gives thousands of ornaments to suburban hospital patients every holiday season. She hasn t been able to hand-deliver ornaments this year because of COVID-19. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2019
Posted12/15/2020 5:20 AM
For 12 years, Grayslake resident Elizabeth Lyzzi Elliott has run HOPE Ornaments, a nonprofit which gives holiday ornaments to hospital patients. So she s used to working hard this time of year.
But the global pandemic has brought new challenges to her effort, making it more difficult to deliver ornaments at a time when there are more people in hospitals in need of cheering up.
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