Suffolk Fulfillment workers deliver smiles to children at Norfolk hospital battling childhood cancer
Published 5:33 pm Friday, September 30, 2022
- Members of the Amazon Suffolk fulfillment team stand with the boxes packed with bages of the items they are donated to Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk. Staff from the hospital also joined in the photo to receive the items donated as part of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. (submitted by Amazon)
Employees from Amazon’s Suffolk fulfillment center delivered 150 gift bags this week to Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters as part of the company’s global Amazon Goes Gold for Kids with Cancer campaign.
The campaign is Amazon’s annual effort to raise awareness and funds during National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The gift bags include handwritten notes to inspire and bring happiness to the kids, a stuffed animal, a small bird house, craft supplies, and an activity book with stickers and crayons.
At least 400,000 children around the world are diagnosed with pediatric cancer each year. Cancer is the number one non-communicable disease causing the death of children around the world. That’s why thousands of Amazon employees around the globe are coming together to raise awareness of childhood cancer, with the aim of supporting the children and families devastated by this disease.