Morrisons Little Sunshines

Little Sunshines light up the community

Completely Bromsgrove teamed up with Morrisons in Aston Fields to reward eight youngsters who have supported the community during the pandemic.

We were happy to help after Jim Weaver and his colleague John Shakles, who head up Morrisons Bromsgrove Community, issued a Facebook appeal.

Here are the eight recipients who have been named as Little Sunshines and who each receive a goodie bag. Elliott Hulse, six, nominated by Angela Garnett “Elliott helped me so much during lockdown. Supported by his lovely mum Tracie, he delivered a piece of art, pottery, drawings, paintings, models, lanterns into my porch every day. I first met Tracie when she cared for my husband Pete in her role as a nurse as he died at home. She and her family moved into a house on my road just before Pete died. She is an utterly dedicated frontline NHS worker and teaches her children to be kind and caring.” Olly Marsden, eight, nominated by Rachel Marsden “Olly and has been litter picking through lockdown every week around Catshill. It’s really helped to give him a purpose at such a hard time for children not in school and has been helping to raise awareness for the Keeping Bromsgrove Beautiful group. He was interviewed by BBC Hereford and Worcester.” Freya Lawley, twelve, and Noah Lawley, seven, nominated by Sam Lawley

“My children Freya and Noah were inspired by Captain Sir Tom Moore and used their pocket money to buy litter grabbers and challenged themselves to pick up 100 pieces of litter. They now carry out litter picking on a regular basis.”

Hannah Turner, nine, nominated by Catherine Turner “My daughter Hannah was a rainbow painting machine and she put them at the end of our drive for walkers to pick up. She loved spotting them in people’s windows when we went for our walk. She then started The Happy Times, a newspaper with weather, jokes and a puzzle section that she posted through the door of a close neighbour who lives alone.”

Little Sunshines light up the community

Completely Bromsgrove teamed up with Morrisons in Aston Fields to reward eight youngsters who have supported the community during the pandemic.

Jim Weaver and his colleague John Shakles

Maisie Fountain, eight, and Luke Fountain, six, nominated by Di Payne

“Inspired by Captain Tom during the first lockdown, two young Catshill children, Maisie and Luke decided to raise money for the local foodbank with a sponsored bounce in their back garden. This was an exceptional achievement, particularly for Maisie as she has cystic fibrosis. They did more than 5,000 bounces and raised more than £2,500.”

Christina De

Sousa, fifteen, various nominations Christina has been selling boxes of cream teas with proceeds to Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity. Morrisons Bromsgrove Community is a company-led initiative under the banner Make Good Things Happen. The Seeds of Hope campaign saw 2.5 million sunflower seeds donated across stores nationwide.

In the goodie bags were: £10 gift card, maths set or paint brushes, 24 pack of coloured pencils and drawing pad, Cadbury Brunch Bars (pack of six), two packs of jelly sweets (Haribo and Cola bottles), Terry’s Chocolate Orange, bag of popcorn and named certificate.

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