The spirit of Christmas
Today, not every parent across the country woke up with their kids rushing downstairs to open their presents.Despite the festive time of year, many kids were simply too sick to go home this year.But thanks to one 25-year-old, almost 500 of these parents will receive their own special gift to open today.
Kate tells Metro.co.uk: ‘I remember around Christmas, there would be vans full of presents coming in for children but nothing for their mums and dads.‘Lots of these people have been in hospital for a long time and haven’t thought about anything other than their sick child for a long time – so in 2014, I decided to launch Project Parent.’
Kate says: ‘Originally that was going to be it but we received amazing feedback from the parents and the nurses, who told us what a huge difference it had made.‘The following year, we ended up doing 50 boxes at five hospitals across the North East.’After the funding from O2 GoThinkBig was cut, Kate made the decision to continue the project, fundraising herself to keep it going.There is now an option on their website to pay £10.
Some of the items are paid for with sponsorship and others are donated by businesses to be added to the boxes.‘If you sponsor a box, we add a card inside to tell the parents who paid for the box for them.
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