Birthday cards delivered to Sarah Hamby, a Beeton girl fighting cancer for the fifth time

The birthday celebrations started off with some sirens and a truck full of cards and gifts for 12-year-old Sarah Hamby.

The Beeton girl is battling her and a simple request for some cards from family friend Leila Paugh has turned into a huge project for Norfolk OPP Const. Ed Sanchuk.

He put the call out for people to help make Sarah’s birthday special, and people around the world responded.

“She’s a warrior,” Sanchuk said as he delivered the cards just after noon Dec. 5. “We couldn’t have done this without the generosity, the spirit of giving has been overwhelming.”

Hamby had already received 200 cards, but Sanchuk said there were a thousand more he was dropping off.

“I guarantee you, you’ll be opening cards until next year,” he said.