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Photos: Residents light up the sidewalks with a holiday wave for children’s hospital patients
Dec. 23, 2019 5:00 pm, Updated: Dec. 23, 2019 8:29 pm
Hundreds gathered with glow sticks and flashlights to wave to patients of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital
Landon Renk, 9, of Iowa City and his father, Jason wave to kids from outside the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Patients, family and staff members in the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital look out the windows as hundreds of local residents gather to wave at them from across the street in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Nichole Hoffman of Iowa City (center) waves to patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital joined by her kids Nevaeh, 13, and Lily, 8, her father, Bill Forester (left of Nichole) and her husband, Scott, (left) in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Miriam Miller, 4, of North Liberty holds up a flashlight to wave to patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Firefighters from Lone Tree, Iowa, wave to patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City while driving in a parade of emergency responder vehicles on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Sharon Lovetinksy of Iowa City waves to her great nephew, a patient at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, among a crowd of hundreds of other local residents in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Kids at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital wave back to a gathered crowd on the street waving to patients in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Local residents wave to kids from outside the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A parade of emergency response vehicles drives by for patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Jessica Smith, one of the organizers of the holiday wave, looks up at patients in the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A woman holds a foam hand ready to wave to patients from outside the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
16-month-old Piper Renk is pushed across the street by her mom, Jennifer, as they get in position to wave to patients of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Locals gather outside the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City to wave to patients on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Santa Claus parades by on a firetruck waving to everyone gathered to wave to patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A Lone Tree firefighter waves to patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital and to a crowd of hundreds also waving to patients in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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