WITH tears in her eyes, Amanda Fowler accepted a surprise donation from the KKKK on Wednesday afternoon.
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Kollege of Knowledge Komittee for Kids members Tony Springett, Bill Armstrong and Gary Avis surprised Mrs Fowler in her store, The Highlands Hamper Company, with a trolley full of nappies and the news that she would receive a six months supply of nappies thanks to the KKKK and Guardian Pharmacy's Bhish Rowjee and Peter England.
She was so overwhelmed by the donation she could barely speak, but thanked the men and said it was very kind of them.
The nappies are for her five-year-old daughter Lilah who has down syndrome.
"We go through a box to a box and a half a week, we have to change her every hour to an hour and a half," Mrs Fowler said.
"Whenever we go to the store we buy at least one box of nappies, it's just a given and it really adds up."
She said she had given up hope on finding help.
"I've been applying for help from the government for years but I'd given up. I tried so many times. There was a four month wait for approval and the requirements kept changing," Mrs Fowler said.
"She's not walking yet and when I've applied for help in the past I'm told she needs to be toilet trained.
"I have to keep explaining that, intellectually, how do you toilet-train her when she isn't walking yet?"
KKKK president Tony Springett said Paul Milner, who knew Mrs Fowler's husband Aaron, came to him with the Fowler's story.
"He said, 'well what do you reckon we could do for them?' and I said 'this is what we raise the money for,' and Bhish Rowjee and Peter England said they would donate the money for the nappies," Mr Springett said.
"It's good to be able to do something like this around Christmas time and this is what we're here to do, to help kids with special needs and their families."