Mrs. Claus entertains kids in visit to Medina Memorial

By Ginny Kropf, correspondent Posted 15 December 2024 at 8:06 pm

Photo courtesy of Scott Robinson: Mrs. Claus poses with staff members from Medina Memorial Hospital during the annual Christmas event for children on Wednesday. Mrs. Claus was filling in for Santa, who was under the weather.

MEDINA – A tradition at Medina Memorial Hospital for many years has been a visit by Santa and holiday events to entertain children.

This year’s visit by Santa took place Wednesday afternoon, when nearly 40 children came to take part in Christmas activities, including coloring pictures, writing letters to Santa (each of which receive a response), decorating ornaments, making reindeer food and decorating sugar cookies.

The dietary team added another layer to the fun by incorporating the movie Elf into the activities, said Scott Robinson, director of Marketing at Orleans Community Health.

Unfortunately, Santa was under the weather this year, but sent Mrs. Claus instead.

“This is one of my favorite events of the year, and we had several employees involved to help make the event go smoothly,” Robinson said. “The Albion Healthcare Center hosted their first Santa event Saturday, and we hope to turn that into a yearly event, also.”

Santa plans to be feeling his old self before Christmas to return to Medina Memorial Hospital for his annual physical in preparation for his big trip on Christmas Eve.

“He’s been having that done at Medina Memorial Hospital since 2021,” Robinson said.

Medina Memorial Hospital is happy every year to pronounce Santa fit as a fiddle for his annual visits to all the good girls and boys.