In pictures: Bikers deliver thousands of birthday cards to a very special Rowley Regis youngster who has cancer
Video and pictures show bikers making a record-breaking birthday card delivery to Amelia Kolpa - a very special Rowley Regis seven-year-old girl who has cancer
A little girl battling cancer bravely smiles as thousands of bikers deliver a record breaking 60,000 birthday cards to her home.
Amelia Kolpa, seven, was diagnosed with a rare neuroblastoma in her stomach and has been in and out of hospital since she was two.
Despite beating the cancer it returned and she is now receiving palliative care.
To mark her eighth birthday next month, her family set themselves a challenge to break the UK record for getting the most greeting cards.
Mum Katarzyna Bartczak initially aimed for 8,000 cards to secure the record.
An online appeal encouraged well-wishers to drop off cards at three locations in her local area.
Within days the campaign went viral with people from around the world wanting to help Amelia hit her target.
Just under four weeks before Amelia’s birthday on March 3 an incredible 60,000 cards have been collected.
They will be added to the 23,000 cards already sent to the family which they have put into storage.
On Thursday (February 5) they were delivered to Amelia’s home in Rowley Regis, with the help of hundreds of bikers from across the UK.
In incredible scenes, sackfuls of cards, balloons and gifts, arrived at the family’s home in three vans.
Some of the cards had been sent from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
Hells Angel Matt Lem, who helped organise the collection, said: "The response has been amazing and we’ve collected in excess of 60,000 cards.
"Amelia’s appeal just snowballed, everyone involved has been overwhelmed by the sheer number of people wanting to help smash the target.”
Thousands of bikers rode from the collection points in Stourbridge to Amelia’s home a few miles away.
Amelia greeted crowds of well-wishers and even managed to wave as the cards were stacked in huge piles inside her home.
Her aunt Charmaine Grace, who helped organise the card appeal, said: “There is so much love and support for my neice.
"It's beautiful to know that everyone out there is with us on this journey, and there's still humanity in the world.”
“Grace is so happy to have the cards, she just smiles and that is lovely.
“We already have 23,000 cards which we have received and put into storage so we now have over 80,000 which is just amazing.”
Amelia is planning to open the cards and create a huge collage of them which will be displayed on a wall.
