Jake Sanderson said supporting the children's hospital has been a priority of his since he started playing for the team.

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Nine-year-old Charlie Dow clutched a packet of Swedish Berries as she waited to surprise her favourite Ottawa Senator, Jake Sanderson , during the team’s annual holiday visit to CHEO. Article content

“When I met him once, he said he likes Swedish Fish, and when we looked for Swedish Fish there was none, so I gave him Swedish Berries,” Dow said, flipping through the photos she’d just had signed. Article content Article content

The Senators arrived at a gathering in the hospital’s cafeteria after visiting patients in their rooms earlier in the day. The team started the event by standing in front of the crowd of patients and singing “Jingle Bells

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