Teen Is Inspired to Give Back to Children at Same Hospital That Saved Her Father

Emily Bhatnagar has come up with a way to give children who are fighting cancer some hope. She told “ Good Morning America ” that her father was diagnosed with stage four thyroid cancer and “his chances of surviving…

Rebecca GuzelMar 10, 20222 min read

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She said it was an “overnight idea” and started asking for book donations.

As the donations came pouring in, Emily Bhatnagar said that she and her brother “would spend our summer just driving from house to house, picking up boxes of books people had.”

Christine Anninos, an Education specialist at Georgetown University Hospital, told “Good Morning America” that they read to their patients every day and that it gives the Children “a sense of normalcy” and a “connection to home.”

God encourages us to be cheerful givers according to 2 Corinthians 9:7, and Emily Bhatnagar said that she continues to see herself doing this “forever and ever,” adding she is eager to finish school so she can do it more full time.

She calls it the “favorite part” of her day.