Mention snowboarding and the image that would come to mind for many people would be that of Shaun White.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist is memorable both for his high-flying skills and his trademark wild mane of curly red hair.Few may know that the flamboyant, wildly successful athlete was born with a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. White had open-heart surgery before his first birthday.That didn't slow his ambition or success in athletics, and you could say the same for 8-year-old Connor Reighard of Coaldale. Reighard was also born with Tetralogy of Fallot, and had open heart surgery when he was 6 months old.The grandson of former Coaldale High School football coach Geno Puli, Connor plays football, soccer and baseball. He's proud of his many accomplishments there, both during competition and practice."Running and doing sports is good for me," Connor said. "I went three years without missing a practice."Although he was much too young to remember anything about his surgery, which was performed at Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, he grew up hearing the story.Just before Christmas, when his dad Anthony said something that reminded him of the story, Connor said that he'd like to give toys "to the sick kids.""Once we had talked about it more, he just ran with it," Anthony Reighard said. "He went through his own toys, picking out some to give away, and also put it out on Facebook what he wanted to do."The Facebook page is Connor's Christmas Toy Drive for Sick Kids. Almost immediately, area people started to respond, dropping off boxes of gifts at the family's door.Soon, they had a load of toys to deliver and loaded up the car for the one-and-a-half hour drive. It's a route very familiar to Anthony."After his operation, for a long time we made that drive once a week," he said. "It was three hours of driving, plus the doctor visit; I don't regret any of it, but we know firsthand what it's like to try to maintain your daily life when you have a major illness in the family."Delivering toys at Christmas really made them feel good."I want to keep doing it to help the sick kids," Connor said. "It made me feel like I should try to do better at everything I do, because I've been lucky."Connor and his dad plan to collect toys and donations throughout the year. Anyone who wants to donate can call 570-952-4120."Anytime we get a load, we're going to go," Connor said. "I know that a lot of people helped me, so I think I should do the same thing."