Kind-hearted Joe Tresise opened sack-loads of 10th birthday cards
sent from global response to a Facebook tribute from his
mum
A shocked boy received many happy returns on his birthday yesterday
– over 500 in fact.
Kind-hearted Joe Tresise opened sack-loads of 10th birthday cards
sent from around the globe in response to a Facebook tribute from
his mum.
Jane, 40, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma two years
ago, asked friends and family to mail Joe a birthday greeting for
helping her fight the illness.
She wanted to thank him for nursing her through cancer, for which
she is undergoing chemotherapy.
But the Facebook request went viral and the birthday boy has been
sent 540 cards from as far away as Australia.
He has also been sent cash plus video games and consoles.
Jane, of Torquay, Devon, said: “I laid out all the cards on the
table and told Joe the postman had just been. He was so
shocked.
“He is my angel. When I take him to the hospital, he makes drinks
for all the other cancer patients.
"He sings and does the Moonwalk to keep spirits high.”
Joe said: “I nearly fell over when I saw the cards. I like going to
the hospital – and I make a nice hot chocolate.”