When you choose to support The Mary Stevens Hospice, you’re not only helping us provide care today, you’re helping us protect the future of the hospice, ensuring that people in our community will always have somewhere to turn when they need it most.
Hemajith, a keen gardener, was running errands after dropping his children at college. With a free moment before heading to Kingswinford to pick up some plants, he spotted a pound coin lying on the ground. Rather than pocket it, he decided to put it towards something worthwhile.
Just along the road stood The Mary Stevens Hospice charity shop, a place that already meant something to his family. His wife works as a cancer consultant, so the couple have long understood, first-hand, the difference palliative care can make to patients and their loved ones. Inside the shop, volunteer Liam Peck told him about the hospice's weekly lottery. On a whim, Hemajith used his found pound to buy a ticket.
"I didn't think anything of it afterwards," he admitted.
So when his number came up as the winner, it took him completely by surprise. "It took me a moment to realise it was mine, I couldn't believe I'd won £1,000!"
Hemajith described the moment as a "win-win" - a small act of generosity that came back around, while supporting a charity close to his heart. He later returned to the shop with sweet treats for the volunteers, as a thank you for the difference they make every day.
He now plans to put his winnings towards home and garden improvements - a fitting reward for a man who found his luck while doing what he loves!
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