3 days ago
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- Powys County Times
Newtown siblings help tackle holiday hunger with free food
Four young Newtown siblings have been using their summer holiday to help spread kindness by feeding 250 children with free packed lunches.
Amber, nine, Max, nine, Lexi, five, and two-year-old Jazmine Layton-Morris have been giving out free food at Newtown 's town park this week to help with holiday hunger after hearing that some children didn't have much to eat during the summer break.
The kind-hearted Treowen siblings won the Young Person/Youth Group Award at this year's Celebration of Newtown awards night hosted by Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council after saving their own money to out shopping and buy food to make 100 packed lunches last summer.
Then at Christmas the awesome foursome helped more than 40 families by placing a tree outside their home where the community could pledge items such as hot meals and ingredients for mealtimes.
This summer, the Layton-Morris 'Kindness Kids' were determined to break last year's total with a staggering 250 packed lunches for children in the area.
Proud mum Gemma paid tribute to her young children, adding that the support towards their mission has been 'truly overwhelming'.
'Me and my husband are such proud parents,' she said. 'These kids have such big hearts and want to make a difference.
'[Their] big hearts have touched so many people the past two days and will hopefully inspire more people to do more kind deeds big or small. People really do appreciate them.
'It was amazing to see the park jam-packed with kids eating food we had provided. It's the most people I've seen in there.
'Over the past two days, they have handed out a total of 250 free packed lunches filled with goodies as an act of kindness to help holiday hunger.'
Gemma added: 'The comments and messages we have had off people who have had a lunch have been really lovely and a few of them have made us cry to hear how our little act of kindness has touched some people in a really big way. You never know what people are going through'.
Amber, Max, Lexi and little Jazmine are already planning their next act of kindness around Newtown.
'I'm one very grateful mother to have had you all supporting my children but for now, it's time for us to put our feet up and enjoy the rest of the summer holidays,' Gemma added.
