Montana Children’s ‘Toy Box’ guarantees Christmas for patients
Coleman Lee, left, a patient in the pediatric unit at Montana Children's, looks through gifts for himself and his family with his mother Amy at the hospital, on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Montana Children's is providing gifts to patients and their families through their Virtual Toy Drive during the holidays. Coleman suspected this gift might be a fishing rod. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Coleman Lee, right, a patient in the pediatric wing at Montana Children's, looks through gifts for himself and his family with Amy Rohyans Stewart, Child Life Specialist and Coordinator with the hospital, on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Montana Children's is providing gifts to patients and their families through their Virtual Toy Drive during the holidays. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Coleman Lee, right, a patient in the pediatric unit at Montana Children's, looks through gifts for himself and his family with Amy Rohyans Stewart, Child Life Specialist and Coordinator with the hospital, on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Montana Children's is providing gifts to patients and their families through their Virtual Toy Drive during the holidays. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Coleman Lee, right, a patient in the pediatric wing at Montana Children's, looks through gifts for himself and his family with Amy Rohyans Stewart, Child Life Specialist and Coordinator with the hospital, on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Montana Children's is providing gifts to patients and their families through their Virtual Toy Drive during the holidays. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Stuffed toys, games, puzzles and other toys for all ages line shelves inside a room full of gifts for patients and families at Montana Children's at Kalispell Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, Dec. 23. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Amy Rohyans Stewart, Child Life Specialist Coordinator at Montana Children's, wheels a cart full of toys to the Lee family's room in the pediatric unit at the hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Montana Children's is providing gifts to patients and their families through their Virtual Toy Drive during the holidays. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
On the second floor of Montana Children’s is an unassuming makeshift hallway that most likely wouldn’t catch a second glance from passersby if it weren’t for the shimmering set of red, green and silver Christmas garlands dangling at the end of the path.
And should one journey down the hall, which is carefully constructed from white rollaway medical curtains, they’ll discover something most wouldn’t expect to find in a hospital...
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