Feb. 14, 2014 | The students, who are members of the Angels of Hope program sponsored by the 20^th Century Club, delivered the cookies in festive bags to the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to be handed out by volunteers to patients on Valentine’s Day.

One of the volunteers distributing the cookies was Mary Margaret Maginn, a senior at Mount St. Mary Academy and a former Angel of Hope.

The Angel of Hope program was founded in 2008 and is open to high school juniors. Its mission is to teach cancer awareness, encourage volunteerism and inspire leadership among teenage girls. As part of the program’s community service component, the girls are required to volunteer at local hospitals with cancer treatment facilities, at the 20^th Century Club’s Lodge and at cancer-related events.

The lodge provides housing for cancer patients receiving treatment at facilities throughout Little Rock. Patients are placed at the facility on a first-come, first-served basis based on referrals from social workers at their treatment facility.