Christmas is coming after businesses unite to help appeal for poorly children

CHARITY WILL DISTRIBUTE DONATED FESTIVE JOY TO BRING SMILES TO PATIENTS

- By TELEGRAPH REPORTER

THE spirit of Christmas has come already in Melbourne after two businesses launched an appeal to help a local charity give smiles to poorly children this festive season.

Award-winning Q Branch Consulting has joined forces with Melbourne Print in a Christmas present appeal to help the much-loved me&dee charity turn Santa for poorly children whose lives are spent in and out of hospital.

The two businesses are calling on the community to contribute Christmas gifts which will be distributed by me&dee’s volunteers to children in Burton Hospital children’s ward and those receiving care from the Community Children’s Nursing Team, who provide nursing care and support to children with healthcare needs, many of whom have palliative conditions, including those needing end of life care.

Melbourne-based me&dee, founded by Maria Hanson MBE, provides memory-making experiences for thousands of families where a life-limiting condition has been diagnosed.