Waitress’s positivity cards and posters to cheer up Peterborough children’s ward also raise funds for hospital

Jesse Ryan works as a waitress for Whitbread at the Paul Pry in Walton and during lockdown the company challenged its employees to find a way to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

This is an adopted charity that the business continues to support and fundraise for throughout the year.

Jesse knew she enjoyed drawing and doodling during her free time on furlough and so thought of doing something worthwhile with it, which led to her idea of creating positivity cards and posters and donating them to sick children in Peterborough’s City Hospital.

She chose the ocean, the sun, the moon and stars, rockets, footballs, flowers and butterflies to draw as she knew these were things children love and even as adults can give you a sense of calm and serenity.

She added words of encouragement for young children to think of the positives while stuck feeling ill in hospital.

Jesse asked for £2 donations per card to be made and raised £167 which contributed to the Paul Pry fund, which raised a total of £1,661.

Staff at the hospital posted their thanks on facebook saying: “We would like to say a big thank you to Jesse Ryan who designed these positivity cards for Amazon Ward to help put a smile on children’s faces.

These have been displayed so staff, patients and families can see.”