{"id":141703,"date":"2026-03-18T13:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141703\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:21:11","slug":"nj-hospital-employee-runs-wendells-welcome-wagon-after-life-changing-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141703\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ hospital employee runs &#8216;Wendell&#8217;s Welcome Wagon&#8217; after life-changing accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WPVI) &#8212; It was a miracle when Wendell Sweeney walked away from a life-changing accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Now, he walks with a new purpose: to deliver comfort and joy to patients with the help of his &#8216;Welcome Wagon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sweeney is a member of the Guest Services team at Jefferson Health Washington Township. His primary job consists of greeting guests and checking them in at the Silvestri Tower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">But Sweeney also got tapped to pioneer a new patient care cart program as well. It became known as &#8216;Wendell&#8217;s Welcome Wagon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He keeps it stocked with hygiene products, crossword puzzles, custom activity books, TV guides, and more. The items are donated from co-workers, patients, and Sweeney himself. Everything is free of charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Watch the video above to see what this new purpose means to Sweeney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">For more information about Jefferson Health Washington Township, <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffersonhealth.org\/locations\/washington-township-hospital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visit their website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This segment of Philly Proud is brought to you by <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visitphilly.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Philly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/videoClip\/18630784\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Philly students design inclusive clothes for those with disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thomas Jefferson University students created inclusive clothes for clients like Eliza, an amazing 2-year-old girl with a limb difference.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WPVI) &#8212; It was a miracle when Wendell Sweeney walked away from a life-changing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14704,6111,3806,915,69,71,70,12344,13364,64874],"class_list":["post-141703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-employee","tag-hospital","tag-jefferson-health","tag-new-jersey","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philly-proud","tag-washington-township","tag-wendells-welcome-wagon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}