Social entrepreneur provides comfort and inspiration

Meriel Reed is a self-starter with her own social enterprise, a featured author in an inspirational book, a motivational speaker, and a patient ambassador for London’s children’s hospital — and she’s only in Grade 12.
Her story is one of inspiration, both giving and receiving.
Her work at the Children’s Hospital began after she was a regular patient of the Child Life program, which helps youngsters adjust to the stress of a hospitalization. Reed suffers from a sever