Every Tuesday and Thursday, 73-year-old Dave Whitlow heads to Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU in Richmond, Virginia, where he has a special volunteer job. Dave is a NICU cuddler. For eight years, he’s spent time holding premature and critically ill babies when their parents can’t be there. Before picking up a baby, Dave checks with the nurses, learns what that child needs and keeps an eye on the monitors while they’re together. He says he may hold five to eight babies during a visit. And when it’s time to put them back, Dave leaves them with the same six words: “Grow strong, grow smart, grow kind.” It’s really a simple gift... just time, comfort and a pair of caring arms.