Magical rainbow-coloured stars that brightened the ceiling and walls of their rooms was Bryce’s gift to children in Oncology last week as he made sure each child had one of his special light projecting turtles. Bryce’s goal is to give each child diagnosed with cancer in Australia and New Zealand a turtle night-light designed to provide comfort, hope and happiness.

Bryce, who is helped by friends and family, delivers the turtles to all the children’s hospitals in Australia himself and when he visited Westmead again this year lots of children were excited to see the beautiful star pattern they made. Super Max, a big cuddly turtle, who gave plenty of hugs as he helped deliver the night-lights, accompanied him.

They also gave blue scarves and socks, covered in stars, to parents and carers so they could share the experience.

The idea to bring comfort to children with cancer had its origins almost a decade ago. In 2010 Bryce’s mother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that she is still being treated for, and Max, a boy the same age as four-year-old Bryce at the time, was diagnosed with brain cancer. In 2016 Bryce thought young children must be very brave to go through cancer treatment and decided to raise money, with cake stalls and fundraising, to buy them special turtle night-lights created by Max’s family.

The turtles are made for hospital environments and are designed to be completely sanitized so are able to go with children to isolation wards and ICU.

Its creators, Cloud b and the MaxLove Project, say:

“Super Max the Turtle is designed to help brave little superheroes get to sleep faster and stay asleep longer by creating a calming environment they can control.”

Thank you to Bryce and his family for their generous donation that gives comfort to children with cancer. Find out more about Super Max and Bryce at their website.