‘I MAKE SHIRTS FOR MINI SUPERHEROES!'
Woman’s Day Magazine NZ|March 14, 2022
Jason’s marvellous costumes are helping sick kids fight back
Brigid Auchettl
‘I MAKE SHIRTS FOR MINI SUPERHEROES!'

Since 2018, Jason Sotiris has been helping sick kids become superheroes. After watching his one-year-old daughter Angela undergo chemotherapy, he came up with the idea of “Supertees”.

Designed with a cape that transforms into a bib, side studs to make changing easy and openings for various tubes, the shirts act as a virtual armour for children fighting the worst villain of all – cancer.

“Sitting by her hospital bed, I knew there was nothing I could do to help Angela until I noticed how difficult it was to change her clothes while she was connected to the IV drip and various monitors,” says Jason, 42, whose daughter had a rare cancer but is now in remission. “This is when the idea for the Supertee was born.”

This story is from the March 14, 2022 edition of Woman’s Day Magazine NZ.

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