Siblings’ marrow transplant inspires toy drive for CHOC

Students Rachel Rucknagel, 11, Bree Anderson, 12, Sydney Meunier, 11, Brodi White, 12, and Ruby Yuchytil, 11, from left, sort toys at Victoria Elementary School in Costa Mesa on Wednesday. The school is conducting a toy drive for Children’s Hospital of Orange County, where Sydney donated bone marrow to her younger brother in 2007.  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

Sydney Meunier, 11, a sixth-grader at Lincoln Elementary School in Corona del Mar who donated bone marrow to her brother, Riley, in 2007, speaks Wednesday at Victoria Elementary School in Costa Mesa about a toy drive for Children’s Hospital of Orange County.  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

Amy Meunier, a teacher at Costa Mesa’s Victoria Elementary School whose son, Riley, received a bone marrow transplant from his older sister in 2007, speaks Wednesday to students and faculty members at the school, which is conducting a toy drive for patients at Children’s Hospital of Orange County who are receiving bone marrow transplants.  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)

Victoria Elementary School students, from left, Colin Sanchez, 10, Zoe Campagna, 11, Bree Anderson, 12, Samantha Valdez, 10, and Jackson Long, 10, hold a sign for Children’s Hospital of Orange County on Wednesday.  (Scott Smeltzer / Daily Pilot)