We said we wanted to give them to the teenagers in the Wollongong Hospital Children's Ward, on Christmas Day.
We'd never done this before, and we hoped we could get about 10 cards.
We got so much support!
So, we hoped we could get $500 worth of gift cards, for the teenagers in hospital.
Then, we aimed for $1,000.
We are so happy with how quickly and how readily people supported our idea. We feel so lucky and so proud that people trust us so much. We really appreciate the support that is shown for all of our ideas.
We ended up collecting $1,500 worth of iTunes cards, google play cards and movie vouchers, in just 18 days.
We wrote on Christmas cards, sending our hospital buddies love, smiles and healthy thoughts. We wrote that the gift card was a present from a friend of Dexter. We wrote that we hoped the gift card brought them some fun.
We will hand 100% of the gift cards to the hospital.
Dexter will meet with the acting Nursing Unit Manager of the Children's ward on Friday. He will give the gift cards to her, to be handed out on Christmas Day.
The response we got was so amazing!
We hoped we would have enough gift cards to hand out to all of the teeagers in hospital.
We have that, easily!
So, we decided that we might drop some of the extra gift cards off at the NICU at the Wollongong Hospital. Dexter spent four months in three NICUs. We know how long and challenging the days can be, especially for long termers, like Dexter. We thought a gift card might bring a smile to some weary mums and dads of babies in the NICU.
We hope you don't mind us doing this.
Thank you, everyone who supported this idea!
Thank you for believing in us.
Thank you for helping us bring smiles to the faces of the teenagers, who will spend Christmas Day in hospital.
Thank you.
People really are good.
*We will post a photo of Dexter at the hospital, on Friday. x
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