Carilion asking for help in making the Holidays brighter for inpatient children and teens Gene Marrano December 9, 2025 1 minute read The last place any child wants to be for the Christmas Holidays is in a hospital. Now two units for Carilion Clinic want to make the holiday brighter for those young patients who won’t be home on December 25, as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports: Share: Post navigation Previous: Delegate Rasoul Announces Preparations to Form Exploratory Committee for CongressNext: The Nutcracker, Shakespeare, Best Christmas Pageant ever … and RSO’s Holiday Brass all this weekend Related Stories Land and Liberty in Vinton, Nashville meets the RSO in pops finale and a book swap on Sunday Gene Marrano June 10, 2026 Virginia Tech study finds pet dogs outperform humans in spotted lanternfly searches Ian Price June 10, 2026 Baby Buri author brings her illustrated books to Roanoke Gene Marrano June 9, 2026