By Alesha Capone
Young Lilly has been putting pen to paper to spread messages of hope and happiness during lockdown.
The seven-year-old has handmade about 160 cards and letters, each featuring individual artwork and writing, which she has been dropping into mail boxes at houses across Seabrook.
Lilly’s proud mother Rach said her daughter has been making about 30 to 40 of the cards per day.
Lilly said she was inspired after doing an activity at school called “act of kindness”.
“I thought for strangers, maybe they could be happy if they received something in lockdown,” she said.
Rach has been posting photographs of Lilly’s letters initiative on local social media pages, which has resulted in a flurry of responses from delighted residents, with people asking to meet Lilly, give her presents and bake for her.
A neighbour has even nominated Lilly for Hobsons Bay council’s Young Citizen of the Year award.
“What our message is that we would like to raise awareness for mental health, that’s what I do constantly in the community, it’s obviously rubbed off on Lilly,” Rach said.
