By Alesha Capone
Young Hoppers Crossing girl Mia has written a book to help raise money for a worthwhile cause.
Eight-year-old Mia has penned a 12-page book titled Helping Max get to the Invictus Games.
She said sales of the book will raise money to help nine-year-old Maxwell Pini – who has several conditions including heterotaxy (a complex congenital heart defect), aspleenia, central liver disease and cerebral palsy – watch his hero compete at the Invictus Games in Sydney in October.
Maxwell, whose family lived in Point Cook but now live in Queensland, hopes to attend the games to watch Mark Daniels, an amputee who has become a household name since competing on the Ninja Warrior television show.
Mia’s mother Andrea Kerr has started fundraising through her company Bento Kids, to help send Max to the games and buy him a new wheelchair.
She said Mia came up with the idea of writing the book after seeing Max in a video.
“I learned the words undefeated, unconquerable and tuberculosis to include in the book,” Mia said.
“We hope to sell enough copies of the book to raise $200.”
The book is being sold through the Bento Kids website for $5. A $15,000 target has been set for the fundraising campaign for Max.
Details: bentokids.com.au/shop/helping-max-get-to-the-invictus-games
