Set up by 15yr
old Brittany, we create and donate pillowcases to oncology kids in hospitals
around Australia.
Brittany was
6mths old when she was diagnosed with a rare GERM CELL tumour; she had
treatment for 3years, and was given a 0.01% survival rate. She is now a
gorgeous 15year old who still has a long way to go, but has decided to help put
a smile on someone else’s face by creating “PILLOWCASES FOR ONCOLOGY KIDS”.
She knows
how hard it is, and that sometimes you have a long road to travel. She also
hopes that one day no one will have to go through what she has to.
What started
out as a small pillowcase drive to collect/create handmade pillowcases that she
could donate to Oncology Kids in Hospital, (she was able to donate approx. 120
pillowcases to Westmead just after her 15th birthday in September
2011) has now escalated to something she wishes to continue 365 days a year and
donate pillowcases not only to Westmead Childrens Hospital, where she received
and continues to receive her treatment, but to hospitals all around Australia.
So if you
are able to sew or would like to donate some fabric, then why not get your
creative side happening and create a pillowcase for boys and girls, young and
old who are in hospital receiving treatment.
Brittany
used to have a particular pillow/pillowcase that she took to hospital all the
time she was receiving treatment, hers was “Navy blue with tiny red cherries on
it”.
Happy sewing
and we look forward to seeing some unique pillowcases.
Your local “PILLOWCASES FOR
ONCOLOGY KIDS” representative is;
Neil Andison (Britts’
grandfather) – Phone: 07 5429 6474
Address:
PO Box 250, MALENY...QLD... 4552
Email: karadise1@hotmail.com
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