Young volunteers helped spread holiday cheer for kids at DHR Health.

The teen advisory board at DHR worked since August to put a Christmas party together.

Rogelio Jimenez is a volunteer whose parents were both hospitalized at DHR for a period of time.

“This hospital has given so much to my family and to the community, so it’s just a way of paying back and helping others the same way,” said Jimenez, a teen advisory board member.

With money that they raised, they were able to buy and then hand out blankets, Christmas socks, a book, and Band-Aids. Then they invited the kids into the playroom for some fun Christmas-themed activities, like cookie decorating and a Christmas movie.

“I like to see him play with other kids and to see him happy and enjoying himself like before,” said Lisha Isbaelle Acosta, mother of a two-year-old son. “That’s what I wanted, to see him like this again."