Despite temperatures firmly in the triple digits, the Phoenix Fire Department is pretending it is the holiday season.
Patients at Valley hospitals got a special surprise on Monday with the department’s “Christmas in July” event.
“We had some generous community members, local nonprofits and charities donate a bunch of gifts to us,” Phoenix firefighter Kelly Liebermann told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Monday. “We just figured we have pallets of them, so hey, why wait til December to give these away?”
Dressed in firefighter turnouts along with a red coat and Santa hat, Liebermann was just as jolly as Santa giving toys to young patients at Maricopa Integrated Health System, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.