We’re honouring the memory of a nine-year-old girl by donating 2,000 Easter eggs
The Wrap for Jak team are helping a bereaved family bring joy to children this Easter.
On Sunday, March 29, the family of nine-year-old Anna Bradley will be joining the Wrap for Jak team at Hedworth Hall, on Dean Road, in South Shields as they look to honour her memory with an Easter egg appeal.
Anna was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) in June 2025 and she passed away in October while awaiting a stem cell transplant, leaving her parents Kelsey Hall, 29, and Aaron Bradley, 28, devastated.
Having followed the family’s story on social media, Tony Fada, the founder of the Wrap for Jak Christmas campaign, reached out to the family to support them following his own experience with child bereavement.
Tony launched the annual Wrap for Jak Christmas event after his 10-year-old son, Jak Fada, died from a ruptured heart artery on November 6, 2017 - the day after his grandfather, Jimmy Tomlin, had died.
Aaron and Kelsey have told the Shields Gazette what it means for them to be able to honour Anna’s memory with the help of Tony and the Wrap for Jak team.
They said: “Anna was more like an 18-year-old in a nine-year-old’s body and she always had a word to say about everything - it was like she was our parents rather than the other way round.
“With her diagnosis, she had only went to hospital because she had been hit in the face with a tennis ball and it was only when she got blood tests did it show that she had AML.
“It was a shock to the system given that Anna was a very fit and healthy young girl who loved playing football and enjoyed gymnastics - her death has had a devastating impact on everyone who loved her.
“We’ve seen Tony’s story over the years and it is absolutely fantastic what he does through the Wrap for Jak - we can’t thank him enough for reaching out to us.
“We believe that bereaved parents should stick together because you’re going through the same journey.
“Anna would love all of this, she loved seeing other children be happy and she’d be very proud.”
Both Aaron and Kelsey are keen to donate Easter eggs to Wards 4 and 14 at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle, as a thank you for all of the help and treatment they gave to Anna following her AML diagnosis.
Tony has explained that he reached out to Anna’s parents after finding there was a lack of support available when he lost Jak and revealed why the team have decided to run an Easter event for the first time.
He commented: “We’ve only been doing the Easter appeal for a couple of years but every year gets bigger and better so we’ve decided to do an event.
“So we’ve going to collect 2,000 eggs, put on entertainment and food for the kids and just have an ‘Easter day’.
“Usually I just collect eggs and I go and deliver them to different organisations so this year will be different.
“You can’t put a price on doing this sort of thing, it is all about the unity and the town coming together and creating that support network so people realise that there is help out there for them.
“There wasn’t any support out there when I lost Jak - it was very similar as his death was also very sudden.
“When I’ve been following Anna’s story, it broke my heart so I wanted to reach out to Aaron and Kelsey.
“We’ve spoken about it all and it is amazing to have them onboard and do this in memory of Anna.”
Tony is appealing for donations of Easter eggs as well as bottles of alcohol and children’s toys that will be used as raffle prizes on March 29.
You can find out how to donate and get more about the event by visiting: https://www.facebook.com/wrapforjak.
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