Life-long Northamptonian Kathleen left 'amazed' after recieving 400 birthday cards from strangers after turning 100

Staff at Kathleen's care home went above and beyond their duty of care for the 100-year-old and put a call out for 100 cards
Carly Roberts
By Carly Roberts
Published 2nd Oct 2020, 13:20 BST
Updated 2nd Oct 2020, 13:22 BST
The 100-year-old received 400 cards.The 100-year-old received 400 cards.
The 100-year-old received 400 cards.

A Northampton woman was left stunned as she recieved more than 400 birthday cards from total strangers to mark her 100th birthday.

Determined to put a smile on Kathleen Blunt's face, Rachel Evans from the Angela Grace care home posted an appeal on Facebook pleading with the public to send her a birthday card so she had 100 envelopes to open on her special day.

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The appeal was met with huge generosity from all over the world and cards from Europe flocked in for Kathleen to open as well as special messages from kind strangers in Canada.

Kathleen was sent 400 cards to help celebrate her milestone birthday.Kathleen was sent 400 cards to help celebrate her milestone birthday.
Kathleen was sent 400 cards to help celebrate her milestone birthday.

Rachel posted the appeal to Facebook because Kathleen was not allowed any visitors on her birthday because of coronavirus restrictions inside the home.

Her granddaughter Sarah-Louise Blunt said: "The care home said she had about 380 cards delivered before her birthday and the next day she had even more. In total, they think she recieved 400.

"She said she was overwhelmed, she had so many cards it was quite a busy day for her in the end.

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"It's been amazing The staff at the care home have done a fantastic job really with the circumstances at the moment. They made it very special for her as we could not do anything."

Kathleen was thrilled to finally recieve her card from The Queen.Kathleen was thrilled to finally recieve her card from The Queen.
Kathleen was thrilled to finally recieve her card from The Queen.

Kathleen - whose birthday was on September 30 - used to live in Cranford Road in Kingsthorpe and spent her working life at Barrats factory as a boot and shoe worker after leaving the Army.

Sarah-Louise added: "She has always said that she wants to live to 100 so she can get a card from The Queen.

"She was happy to have received it, finally... and what an achievement."

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