A devestated youngster who just wanted to make her town sparkle has been left in tears after her scooter was stolen while she was picking up litter.
Carolina, a young green fingered Southport girl, was picking litter along the coastal road in Ainsdale with her mother Simone Reeves yesterday when they left her scooter by the nature reserve sign to continue their good deed.
But the pair were shocked to find only ten minutes later the scooter had been stolen.
Simone said “[Carolina] had fallen soon as we went down the path, and had scraped her elbow.
“we put the scooter to the side of this sign, we patched Carolina up with First Aid kit from the workers who were nearby and I put her on my shoulders while she was still crying for her sore elbow, and off we went pick up the litter.
“We only lasted 10 min as she wasn’t getting over it and wanted to go home.
“We turn back and the scooter is gone.
“As the coastal rd is closed, one could even easily assume kids left it there because they crossed over to go onto the dunes and so it indeed belonged to someone.
“But no, they go and steal a tiny little scooter, to leave a tiny little child in tatters!
Since Simone posted about the ordeal on social media she has been stunned by the outpouring of support Carolina has received.
She added “I received tons of messages for her as well as many offers of used scooters or money towards a new one as well as people willing to get her a new one.
“All has been thanked very much but she made the decision of sharing the one her sister has, so that people could give the ones they were offering to a child that has none.
“I explained all things to her, and I also laid to her these options: she could share her “big sisters” (6) scooter and let people give the ones they offered to a child that has none, or she could have what people were happy to give. She made her mind up.”
“I want to say a massive thank you to everyone.”
So I would not want it to miss the fact that there’s so much good around us even out of bad situations.
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