{"id":86657,"date":"2025-12-13T10:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/86657\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:28:10","slug":"rgv-vipers-give-gifts-and-spread-cheer-at-driscoll-childrens-hospital-for-christmas-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/86657\/","title":{"rendered":"RGV Vipers give gifts and spread cheer at Driscoll Children&#8217;s Hospital for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JcXQIfTfGWsUz5EFdLVHjQp95RuD2gnd1T1Ce0--w4U-GourAibZfXV75gX0uZ8c4YUaLjned5d0L5brDDKdVNIbZF2zx6tRmQqx.jpeg\" alt=\"RGV Vipers give gifts and spread cheer at Driscoll Children's Hospital for Christmas\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">The RGV Vipers visited Driscoll Children&#8217;s Hospital on Tuesday for their second annual Christmas visit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">The team spent time visiting with patients and dropping off gifts to celebrate the holidays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&#8220;We are blessed to be in the position we&#8217;re in, so I feel like it&#8217;s our duty to do what we can to put smiles on other people&#8217;s faces,\u201d Vipers guard Stevie Mitchell said. \u201cI\u2019ve always found great joy in being able to bring others joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&#8220;It means everything to our staff. That&#8217;s why we do what we do,\u201d Driscoll Children\u2019s Hospital president Matt Wolthoff said. \u201cThat&#8217;s what gets us out of bed in the morning is trying to get kids back to being kids. It\u2019s a holistic approach, it\u2019s not just their physical health care, but it\u2019s also their emotional well-being as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">The holidays present the perfect opportunity for the Vipers to give back. Spreading cheer to RGV children needing a reason to smile.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&#8220;They are cool, really fun, very exciting,&#8221; said Driscoll patient Carlos Daniel Cantu.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&#8220;It was really nice especially like they were cheering you on like telling you to keep on fighting\u2026 It&#8217;s pretty motivating, it helps and they didn&#8217;t have to bring gifts but it&#8217;s appreciated,\u201d added Evelyn Munatones.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">&#8220;I think it was really nice of them,\u201d another patient, Isabella Tovar, said of the visit. \u201cI&#8217;m new to all this, so to have that support from people I don&#8217;t know is heartwarming.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RGV Vipers visited Driscoll Children&#8217;s Hospital on Tuesday for their second annual Christmas visit. 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