Children's Cheer: How We're Making the Hospital Extra-Special During the Holidays

Annual Toy Run and Snowpile Event

We believe that caring for a patient’s spirit is part of treating their condition. That’s why we go the extra mile to bring joy to our patients and their families every day, especially during the holidays.

See how our season of Children’s Cheer helps transform our hospital into a place that feels more like home.

Check out our cheer

Every holiday season, our community bands together to bring smiles to our patients’ faces. Whether it’s our local police departments transforming into Santa’s elves, or patients getting to shop the Make-A-Wish holiday store, our partners are making every event a special one.

Check out how we spread holiday happiness.

The Nutcracker's Special Guests

The Colorado Ballet will have special guests from the Be Beautiful Be Yourself dance class in their official Nutcracker performance.

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Boy in red sweatshirt takes holiday toys out of large boxes and gives them to a group of teenagers holding garbage bags full of toys in a moving van

Honoring A Brother

Daniel's brother Diego's passing did not stop him from delivering 1,600 gifts to our hospital this week. "No, we have to deliver them. That’s what Diego would want."

Broncos Visit

Denver Broncos Linebacker Shaquil Barrett and his wife, Jordanna, made dreams come true by stopping by the hospital to deliver gifts.

Learn more about our Broncos partnership

Two Colorado Avalanche players wearing Colorado Avalanche Santa hats kneel down next to a hospital bed with a kid holding a signed picture of an Avalanche player. The kid's head is wrapped in bandages and is holding a stuffed animal in each arm while staying warm under a blue blanket.

Avalanche Visit

The Colorado Avalanche hockey team stopped by for their annual visit to bring stuffed animals and smiles to patients.

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Two Aurora police officers deliver a Hot Wheels toy car to a boy with a blue shirt and orange blanket sitting in his hospital bed.

Special Visitors

300+ uniformed law enforcement officers honored patients and families at our hospital for the annual Long Blue Line and delivered gifts to patients throughout the hospital.

Watch to see more from the visit

An Aurora police officer holds a boy dressed in a sheriff costume while they bow their heads in prayer

Cops Fighting Cancer

Aurora Police Department Officer James Seneca held our 8-year-old leukemia patient Colton during a prayer at our annual Cops Fighting Cancer Long Blue Line.

See more photos from The Denver Post

Parade of red and black motorcycles with drivers wearing santa hats

The 31st Annual Toy Ride

Thousands of motorcycles delivered toys to our patients as part of the Annual Toy Ride.

Make-A-Wish Holiday Store

Our patient and "piano prodigy" Logan shared his talent at our annual Make-A-Wish Holiday Store, where patients can pick out gifts for their family members.

Read Logan's story on Fox31

Collage of holiday cards drawn by kids, including storefronts, snowmen, trees

Patient-Designed Holiday Cards

Each year patients in our Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders design cards to help raise money for the hospital.

Read about our artists

A large Christmas tree in the lobby is surrounded by gifts and a giant teddy bear.

Former Patient Collects Toys to Share

Adrian knows what it's like to spend the holidays inside the hospital and wanted to brighten the lives of other sick kids this year. He held a toy drive for current patients.

Watch the video on Denver7

A young boy and Santa smile into the camera standing in front of a row of motorcycles.

The 32nd Annual Toy Run

Firefighters and bikers teamed up with Santa to bring donated toys to our patients on their annual Toy Run.

Holiday Shopping for Patients

Some of our patients can’t get to the mall to buy presents. Make-A-Wish helps us make holiday shopping possible for kids like Marcus and Anthony.

15th Annual Long Blue Line

More than 300 law enforcement officers delivered holiday gifts to our patients for the 15th annual Joe Bumberger Memorial Long Blue Line.

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Ferrari Toy Drive

Ferrari of Denver visited for the ninth year in a row to donate more than 3,000 presents. Gifts were delivered by dozens of Ferraris, escorted by Colorado State Patrol.

Watch the 9News story

Dancer for a Day

After two open-heart surgeries, Maggie traded her hospital gown for ballet shoes as the Nutcracker’s Dancer for a Day.

Watch the FOX21 News story

Two volunteers, Amie and Hope, volunteer their time to bring joy to children during the holiday season.

Volunteers Bring Joy to Patients

Meet Amie and Hope: two of our 1,600+ volunteers who bring cheer to kids in the hospital.

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Give Comfort & Joy

By participating in Give Comfort & Joy, our annual community-wide fundraising effort, you can bring the magic of the season to our patients and their families.

Thank you for being a part of our community and for bringing some joy, hope and comfort to the children we care for during the holidays.

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Bring the cheer home

Our pediatric experts have put together lots of ideas and resources to help you keep the holiday season bright and healthy for your kids.

Check out these articles to see how you can make this year's holiday season the best one yet.

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Children's Cheer: How We're Making the Hospital Extra-Special During the Holidays