A nightly tradition brings light and hope to children at Michigan hospital

Volunteers gripping flashlights waved them high above their heads when the clock struck 8 p.m., shining beams through the frigid night sky — and into the hospital’s windows. Exactly 10 minutes later, the enthusiastic crowd, still holding their flashlights aloft, in unison hollered “sweet dreams” toward children in the hospital several stories above them. The nightly Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams tradition is again lighting up the night outside Corewell Health Children’s hospital in Royal Oak in suburban Detroit. VIDEO: ASSOCIATED PRESS