HUNDREDS of children will be in hospital with cancer this Christmas – and here is YOUR chance to help give them a present to light up their day.
We want readers’ kids of all ages to draw festive pictures — and the best three will be made into limited-edition Christmas cards to be sold through our charity partner The Entertainer, with proceeds going toward gifts for seriously ill boys and girls.
Damien McFaddenFrankie Saunders, pictured with mum Jazzmyn, has entered our Christmas Cards For Kids competition[/caption]
Damien McFaddenFrankie was just a tot when he was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia[/caption]
The children getting the gifts you support will be just like Frankie Saunders, a tot when he was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia during the 2016 festive season.
He underwent chemotherapy and is now an active, footie-mad seven-year-old.
Frankie has entered our Christmas Cards For Kids competition and mum Jazzmyn, 31, says: “We know how tough it is to get the worst possible news at Christmas, which is why we are getting behind this campaign.
“The thought of a child drawing a picture which will help bring a smile to another child they don’t even know is wonderful.”
Presenter Lisa Snowdon and chart-topper Paul Young also added their support last night.
Lisa says: “It is a beautiful way for kids to come together, to do something incredible for each other.
“Cancer has touched my family and I’m right behind The Sun on Sunday’s campaign.”
Paul said: “This will brighten kids’ lives and make Christmas better.
“It’s a wonderful thing to get involved in.
“Get your colouring pens out, kids!”
Frankie was admitted to hospital after mum Jazzmyn and dad James, 33, of Rickmansworth, Herts, found a pinprick rash on his body.
Following Frankie’s cancer diagnosis, doctors told his parents his only chance of survival was a bone-marrow transplant.
Luckily, his big sister Skye, now 11, was the perfect match and donated marrow to her brother in May 2017.
The following Christmas he rang the bell at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital to mark the end of his treatment.
Frankie and his family have received support from our charity partner Children With Cancer UK.
Jazzmyn, also mum to two-year-old Millie, says: “We now see every Christmas as a blessing, as we always think about what could have been.
“The Sun on Sunday’s Christmas card campaign is about children helping other children when they need it most, which is wonderful.
“And making cards is great fun.”
The competition is in conjunction with The EntertainerSupplied
Children With Cancer UK is a charity partner, tooCHILDREN WITH CANCER UK
HOW TO ENTER
DRAW a festive picture, either landscape or portrait, on A4 paper using pencils or pen.
Email a photo of the picture to [email protected] with the subject line CHRISTMAS before October 1.
Include your name and your child’s name, plus your address and phone number and a few words about why your child entered.
State your child’s age. There are three categories – under-fives; six to ten; 11 to 16.
Keep your original artwork safe in case it is one of the winners and needs to be scanned for use.