A carriage full of toys is delivered to Shriners Children’s hospital.
Matt Burch, dressed as the Grinch, drives a Burch and Sons horse-drawn carriage filled with presents to Shriners Children’s hospital in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Adrian Paz, a Shriners Children’s patient ambassador, and BYU Cougars football player James Empey, who is dressed as Santa, ride in the back. Xlear purchased toys from Endzone Hobby Center and donated over $13,000 worth of gifts to Shriners Children’s, including other donations by Dowdle Folk Art and Wicked Audio. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Adrian Paz, a Shriners Children's patient with spina bifida, and his brother Peyton Paz pick out gifts outside of Shriners Children’s in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Xlear purchased toys from a locally owned Endzone Hobby Center and donated over $13,000 worth of gifts to Shriners Children’s, including other donations by Dowdle Folk Art and Wicked Audio. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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James Empey, BYU football center who is dressed as Santa, unloads a bag of presents from a horse-drawn carriage outside of Shriners Children’s in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Xlear purchased toys from a locally owned Endzone Hobby Center and donated over $13,000 worth of gifts to Shriners Children’s, including other donations by Dowdle Folk Art and Wicked Audio. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Matt Burch, dressed as the Grinch, drives a Burch and Sons horse-drawn carriage filled with presents to Shriners Children’s in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Xlear purchased toys from a locally owned Endzone Hobby Center and donated over $13,000 worth of gifts to Shriners Children’s, including other donations by Dowdle Folk Art and Wicked Audio. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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David Halling, Dowdle Folk Art marketing creative content manager and executive assistant to Eric Dowdle, unloads puzzles outside of Shriners Children’s in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Dowdle Folk Art donated around 100 puzzles. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Shriners Children’s security officer Richard Bell checks out a box of donated presents at Shriners Children’s in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Xlear purchased toys from a locally owned Endzone Hobby Center and donated over $13,000 worth of gifts to Shriners Children’s, including other donations by Dowdle Folk Art and Wicked Audio. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Blaine Yates, Xclear international vice president, and Kaylynn Irsik, Endzone Hobby Center manager, carry boxes of presents to Shriners Children’s in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Xlear purchased toys from a locally owned Endzone Hobby Center and donated over $13,000 worth of gifts to Shriners Children’s, including other donations by Dowdle Folk Art and Wicked Audio. | Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Santa’s sleigh made a special delivery on Wednesday at Shriners Children’s hospital in Salt Lake City.

Xlear Inc. employees delivered over $13,000 in toys, puzzles, games, gift cards and headphones to Shriners Children’s as part of its Santa’s Sleigh for Shriners. BYU Cougars offensive lineman James Empey and Adrian Paz, a 12-year-old Shriners patient ambassador, helped deliver the toys in a horse-drawn carriage.

Others businesses that participated in the delivery included Endzone Hobby Center, Dowdle Folk Art and Wicked Audio.

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