Her cards touch so many hearts on Valentine's Day!
Woman's World|February 20, 2023
When Ashley Stracco was in 7th grade, she recruited friends to send sweet cards to a boy spending Christmas in the hospital. His gratitude spurred her to deliver love to even more people on other holidays
Kellie B. Gormly
Her cards touch so many hearts on Valentine's Day!

When a cousin's friend, a 10-year-old boy named Jackson, landed in the hospital at Christmastime, something stirred in the tender heart of then seventh-grader Ashley Stracco of Hanover, Massachusetts. The poor kid, I wonder if Ashley thought there is something nice my friends and I could do for Jackson that will help him feel better?

Ashley gave it some thought and I got an idea: She tapped several dozen friends to write Jackson greeting cards. She collected 55 cards. Jackson was so happy. He said they helped make his Christmas better.

Hearing that, Ashley made a decision: I want to keep doing this for other people!

This story is from the February 20, 2023 edition of Woman's World.

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