Toy donations are ready to be gift-wrapped and distributed to patients at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge on Dec. 14. | Kevin Tanaka for~Sun-Times Media.
Isaiah Zamora, 5, right, with Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Child Life Specialist Kelsey Lepp, shows off the Transformer toy he received on Dec. 14. | Kevin Tanaka for~Sun-Times Media.
Toy donations are collected for patients at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge on Dec. 14. | Kevin Tanaka for~Sun-Times Media.
Child Life Specialist Kelsey Lepp is among staff members at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital who oversee Christmas toy donations to hospitalized children. | Kevin Tanaka for~Sun-Times Media.
PARK RIDGE — Parents of sick children and the staff at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge can’t help getting emotional when they see how happy the kids are to open presents that are donated by community members. … Read More