When word got out about Safyre Terry, the little girl who was the sole survivor of a fire that killed her entire family and left over 75% of her body covered in burns, her story went viral. Two years and over 50 surgeries later, the little girl warmed the hearts of millions when people found out the one item on her Christmas list was to receive cards from people around the world.
Safyre’s aunt, Liz Dolder, warned the 7-year-old that she might not get that many cards in the mail. Yet just yesterday, the family received the latest delivery, which had 185,000 cards and over 4,000 packages. In total, the family has received more than 300,000 letters and is still in shock over everyone’s generosity and kindness.
“I really think I am dehydrated from crying so much… This is absolutely amazing, it takes my breath away. We, my family and I have been through so much darkness of this world. Then to see the most powerful BEAUTY of the world. The world coming together to make Safyre’s wish come true is unfathomable. All along we knew God saved her for a reason, never in ours wild dreams, did we think she would move the hearts of many worldwide,” Liz Dolder wrote in a post to the Safyre Schenectady’s Super Survivor Facebook page.
“Joy, Joy, Joy. Safyre is having a blast. God Bless You for making her feel so amazing,” Liz wrote.
Safyre got the cards she asked for, but Baking Memories 4 Kids, a non-profit organization that uses the profits from the cookies they sell to send children with life-threatening illnesses on free vacations with their families, felt they could do even more to make this Christmas even more memorable.
Watch the video below to see the moment Baking Memories 4 Kids tells Safyre and her family that their being sent on a vacation to Walt Disney World.
If you’d like to add to Safyre’s ever growing Christmas cards, you can send your well-wishes to this address:
Sa’fyre Terry
P.O. Box 6126
Schenectady, NY 12306
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[Featured image credit: Facebook/Safyre Schenectady’s Super Survivor]