Students brighten lives of hospice patients

High school seniors Maggie Leahy and Greg Williams have sunny dispositions. They are understanding and compassionate, qualities appreciated by the Hospice of the Chesapeake patients they visit on a weekly basis.

As chairman and co-chairman, respectively, of Severna Park High's Cheer Team, they provide leadership for 20 students who visit terminally ill patients in their homes, at hospice houses, or assisted living facilities. "We try to cheer them up and let them know someone cares about them," said Ms. Leahy. "We talk about the past, about their lives, or whatever topics they want to discuss."

A collaboration of the school's...