{"id":360979,"date":"2026-07-04T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360979\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:45:08","slug":"red-white-and-woof-a-fourth-of-july-celebration-at-texas-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360979\/","title":{"rendered":"Red, White and Woof: A Fourth of July celebration at Texas Children\u2019s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crafts, games, photo-booth fun, and a visit from facility dog Melman made the day feel extra special<\/p>\n

HOUSTON \u2013 Texas Children\u2019s Hospital brought the Fourth of July<\/a> spirit in full color with a celebration that mixed creativity, family fun, and a few picture-perfect moments. Patients and their loved ones jumped into the holiday with plenty of festive touches\u2014think flags, playful props, and lots of red, white, and blue.<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, families made patriotic crafts, played games, and stopped by a photo booth to capture the fun. The activities turned into an easy way for everyone\u2014patients, relatives, and staff\u2014to share a little time together and keep the holiday feeling bright.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest highlights was a special appearance by Texas Children\u2019s facility dog, Melman. Sporting a holiday-themed bandana, he made his rounds spreading smiles and adding an extra dose of comfort to the celebration.<\/p>\n

By the end of the party, the takeaway was simple: a joyful Fourth of July filled with small moments that felt big.<\/p>\n

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About the AuthorChristian Hudspeth<\/a><\/p>\n

Christian Hudspeth is a Houston native who joined KPRC 2 News in December 2025. Christian began his news career at KTRK in 2022 before moving to newsrooms in Waco, Texas (KXXV), Las Vegas, Nevada (KTNV), and now back to H-Town. He earned his BA at the University of Houston Jack J. Valenti School of Communication in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crafts, games, photo-booth fun, and a visit from facility dog Melman made the day feel extra special HOUSTON…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72722,114586,56,78438,27,8727,29,28],"class_list":["post-360979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-america-250","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-houston","tag-july-4th","tag-texas","tag-texas-childrens-hospital","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}