WEST CHESTER — The toys are gifts for all the children who end up in the pediatric unit or in the emergency room at Chester County Hospital.
But two little patients got a special treat on Sunday – they were there when bags and bags of them arrived.
Grace, 3, picked out a doll she named Snow White. “Why, it looks just like you, Gracie,” said a nurse.
A few minutes later Benny, 2, came out with his mom to the hallway outside the nurses’ station. “Another customer,” chuckled Jerry Corrado, leaning against the counter.
Benny inspected rather carefully a Mickey Mouse toy. But then a Hess truck was offered for inspection. The mouse went into the one hand of Joan Corrado while the truck was snagged from the other hand by the child.
Adults cheered.
For several years, Joan and husband Jerry Corrado have been collecting toys for the kids from visitors to their Christmas light display in East Bradford. The suggestion is simple: Drive by to see the dazzling holiday lights in the yard, leave a present in the box next to Santa Claus to take to the hospital.
The dolls and toys end up as special gifts for children or in the play room of the pediatric unit. Some end up as comfort toys for children who end up in the Emergency Room for treatment.
Grace, her new doll, and her mother wandered off into the playroom to sing Christmas songs while the adults loomed over the large plastic bags containing the 620 toys collected through Saturday from the display.
Jerry Corrado has been through a rough patch. He came down with a cancerous tumor on his kidney and had over half of the organ removed just after Thanksgiving. After making it back home from the surgery in Philadelphia, he ended up in Chester County Hospital for two weeks due to complications.
Joan Corrado said friends and neighbors pitched in to help her make it through the holiday season to manage the lights and gifts. “People were wanting to help,” she said.
Sunday was delivery day, one day after Jerry got out of the hospital as a patient. “I hope to stay out of here for a while,” he said with a smile. At that, when finished at pediatrics, he was off with his daughter Amanda to visit his new pals he made on the nursing staff while a patient.
The display at 1102 Nobb Hill Drive in East Bradford is up until New Year’s.
But two little patients got a special treat on Sunday – they were there when bags and bags of them arrived.
Grace, 3, picked out a doll she named Snow White. “Why, it looks just like you, Gracie,” said a nurse.
A few minutes later Benny, 2, came out with his mom to the hallway outside the nurses’ station. “Another customer,” chuckled Jerry Corrado, leaning against the counter.
Benny inspected rather carefully a Mickey Mouse toy. But then a Hess truck was offered for inspection. The mouse went into the one hand of Joan Corrado while the truck was snagged from the other hand by the child.
Adults cheered.
For several years, Joan and husband Jerry Corrado have been collecting toys for the kids from visitors to their Christmas light display in East Bradford. The suggestion is simple: Drive by to see the dazzling holiday lights in the yard, leave a present in the box next to Santa Claus to take to the hospital.
The dolls and toys end up as special gifts for children or in the play room of the pediatric unit. Some end up as comfort toys for children who end up in the Emergency Room for treatment.
Grace, her new doll, and her mother wandered off into the playroom to sing Christmas songs while the adults loomed over the large plastic bags containing the 620 toys collected through Saturday from the display.
Jerry Corrado has been through a rough patch. He came down with a cancerous tumor on his kidney and had over half of the organ removed just after Thanksgiving. After making it back home from the surgery in Philadelphia, he ended up in Chester County Hospital for two weeks due to complications.
Joan Corrado said friends and neighbors pitched in to help her make it through the holiday season to manage the lights and gifts. “People were wanting to help,” she said.
Sunday was delivery day, one day after Jerry got out of the hospital as a patient. “I hope to stay out of here for a while,” he said with a smile. At that, when finished at pediatrics, he was off with his daughter Amanda to visit his new pals he made on the nursing staff while a patient.
The display at 1102 Nobb Hill Drive in East Bradford is up until New Year’s.
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