Teen Donates Time, Gifts to Children's Hospitals

(Kyra Citron, director of Kid’s Corner at the Charles Lafitte Foundation, pays a visit to a patient at the Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center to deliver gifts and spread holiday cheer. Photo courtesy the Charles Laffite Foundation.)

A teenager helping to spread holiday cheer brought presents to local hospitals.

Kyra Citron, 16, of Brielle recently helped bring holiday cheer for patients when she visited the Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, according to a press release.

Citron is director of Kid’s Corner at the Charles Laffite Foundation, a family charity dedicated to supporting organizations in the areas of education, children’s advocacy, medical research and the arts. She visited the hospitals dressed as Santa’s Helper to help lift spirits and distribute gifts to children spending time in the hospitals during the holiday season.

For more information about Kid’s Corner, visit www.charleslafitte.org/kids-corner.