A Central Texas nonprofit is spreading holiday cheer at hospitals across the area.
Brady's Bridge was started in 2012 by Jeremy and Tabitha Fry whose son, Brady, was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus or water on the brain when he was just 20 weeks in the womb.
"We already knew there was going to be challenges when he was born and being born early it presented even more challenges..." Tabitha said.
The diagnoses meant Brady and his parents had to spend a lot of time in the hospital.
"He had 25 surgeries his first year, he has had a total of 31 brain surgeries, an open heart surgery and multiple other minor surgeries..." Tabitha added.
The long hospital stays even included December which was something that was hard for the Fry family.
"Being there most of that month we missed a lot of the regular Christmas festivities, there was one day we decided 'let's just put up a Christmas tree in our room and it just changed the atmosphere,'" Tabitha said. "That's why we decided that each year going forward we would start fundraising and do a Christmas tree drive so that we could purchase trees for other kids in the hospital."
On Wednesday, Brady's Bridge brought 100 Christmas trees to patients at Mclane Children's Medical Center in Temple, something the kids and parents spending the holiday season at, were extremely grateful for.
"No matter the presents you give, when you see your kids sick, no present in the world is going to help that, but seeing something like Christmas lights and putting a star on a little tree, it makes you and them happy," a patient's mother, Carissa Armstrong said. "She has been so down for days, this is so good."
Brady's Bridge was able to donate 400 trees to children spending their holidays in the hospital. If you would like to follow their journey, you can visit their website.
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