Woody Troy has been a volunteer at Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center for two decades. But his time volunteering hasn't been spent talking to patients — it's been spent cuddling babies, according to WBIR.com.
"One time I saw a program on a television from New York City where they had a cuddlers program," Mr. Troy said. "Then I checked with the hospital at UT here, and they also had a cuddlers program, which was just perfect for what I wanted to do."
For the past twenty years, Mr. Troy has been visiting the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, where he cuddles and holds babies.
"In my opinion, you can't get much closer to God than when you're holding a little baby," he said.
Although Mr. Troy loves program and the friendships he's made through it, he's decided to stop volunteering due to heart problems. On Dec. 20, a group of nurses in the NICU celebrated Mr. Troy's 20 years of service and presented him with a cake that read, "Thank you, Woody. 'You rock.'"
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