Youngster’s act of kindness for ambulance crews at hospital
By Jill Dando News
Kind youngster Finley-Jay loves ambulances and whenever he has a spare moment he hands out little goody bags to crews when they arrive at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
The eight-year-old found out about a Facebook group called ‘’Hit the Ambulance gamers”, where a ‘hit’ is a random act of kindness, such as a smile, wave or giving anything such as sweets, chocolates or drinks to ambulance crews.
He then started making up goody bags and hands them out to the crews.
Finley’s love for ambulances has now grown and he has his own Facebook page called Finley-Jay’s Ambulance Bags Journey.
His mum Laura Stubbs said: “I am so proud of him – he is such a kind little boy. Whenever we have some spare time you can find Finley up at the hospital by A&E handing out little bags that he’s made up to hand out to every ambulance that arrives at A&E. He’s that popular that Shrewsbury ambulance crews all know him now.
The youngster who has ADHD puts tea, coffee, sweets, biscuits, chocolates and pens in the bags he makes up. All of the items that go in the bags are gifted to him by friends and family.
Finley also makes lots of bags up for Easter, Halloween and Christmas with all different items, which represents the special time of year.
Hayley Flavell, Director of Nursing, said: “What a lovely and kind gesture by Finley – his goody bags will make all the difference to the ambulance crews that arrive at our hospital. Well done Finley!”
Will Gould, Senior Operations Manager at West Midlands Ambulance Service’s Shrewsbury Hub, said:
“Finlay is someone our crews look forward to seeing. He has been doing this for a while now and each time he does, it really brings a smile to the crew he ‘hits’. Our staff don’t do the job for thanks, but having someone like Finlay handing out goody bags certainly makes the role even more worthwhile. A really big ‘thank you’ to him and his mum Laura.”
