Mother's Day Treat in store for Mothers in Red Cross Pead.Onc. Ward, May 13th, 2012

“Her love is like
an island in life's ocean,
vast and wide
A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the wind, the rain, the tide.
'Tis bound on the North by Hope,
By Patience on the West,
By tender Counsel on the South
And on the East by Rest.
Above it like a beacon light
Shine Faith, and Truth, and Prayer;
And thro' the changing scenes of life
I find a haven there. “
Author Unknown

Mothers Day is May 13^th this year. Most of us will be spoilt with gifts, kind gestures and surrounded by our loving families. Many of us will be doing the spoiling! Some of us will yearn for our Mothers who are no longer with us in life. For many onco- Mothers though, it will be a day no different from the previous…or the next.

The day will be spent next to their child’s bedside, watching monitors, wiping a feverish brow, comforting fears and wishing, oh so much, to go home. These Great Mothers often have left their employment and cannot be with the rest of their families due to financial circumstances or the distance they have to travel to be home. Mothers leave their husbands and other children to care for their cancer diagnosed child in hospital. Some of these Mothers remain at the bedside of their child for months, at times years, at a time.

The Little fighters Cancer Trust intends to create a special Mothers Day this year for all the Mothers in Red Cross Children’s Hospital’s G1 Pediatric Oncology Ward.
Each Mother will receive:

• Flowers. Bunches and vases are impractical in the wards, but we will make special little flower boxes for each Mother which will be small, easy to move around and not in the way of the medical staff.
• Gift. Each Mother will receive a toiletry bag filled with Body Scrub, Shower Gel, Body Lotion and Hand Lotion. Practical gifts which will make them feel feminine and spoilt, but yet useful.
• We will prepare a lovely Sunday Lunch with all the trimmings for the Mothers, deliver it to the ward. We will set a table for them in the communal area, complete with napkins, tablecloths, flowers and decorations. These mothers very rarely get a good meal, never mind being able to sit at a table and be waited on.

Now, this is how it is going to work.
We cater for 20 Mothers. We need R5000.00. We have one month in which to raise the funds.

We rely completely on YOU to make this project a reality. Any donations are welcome; there are no big or small donations.

When you donate here, please leave a message for one of the Mothers who will be at G1 on Mother’s Day. We will give each Mother a Mother’s Day card and will copy YOUR message to her into the card. If we have more donations than Mothers, we will distribute the messages equally between the cards. This is YOUR message to a Mother, you can make it as personal as you like. If you would like us to sign the card in your name/ names, please add your name to the message as well.

If you do a R250 donation, your name alone and your message alone will be in one card.
This is also a great way of honoring those of our Mothers who are no longer with us. You can make the donation in your Mother’s name as well.

If you think this is a great gift to your Mother, we will also issue a special Gift Certificate to you via email. The Gift Certificate will detail the gift of their giving with a beautiful thank you message and a poem to tell your Mother how much you appreciate her. Please add your email address to your message.
The gift of giving…I like the way that sounds.

Be the one who gives the Hope, be the answer to a Prayer.

If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to call Mandie on 073 729 6155 or email mandie@lando.co.za.

Donate via the below link

 http://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/2012-mothers-day-a-tribute-to-great-mothers