IN dark times, there are still people doing wonderful things. Take Sophia-Rose Fry, for example. The selfless five-year-old has hand-delivered more than 1,000 goody bags packed with her own toys to key workers and children in lockdown.

Fry started her mission back on March 30, when she asked her mum Abbie Dawson, 27, if she could deliver packages to houses with rainbow drawings displayed in their neighbourhood.

The five-year-old usually struggles to leave the house and is under assessment for autism, so her mum was stunned to hear that Sophia-Rose wanted to take the goody bags to local nurseries and schools herself.

Since then, Sophia-Rose has delivered 1,103 good bags, made up of sensory toys, handmade key rings, sweet treats, and balloon animals.

She’s brightened the days of children in lockdown and key workers at Lancashire police HQ and the North West Ambulance Servuce.

On May 5 she completed her deliveries by dropping off 30 bags for cashiers at a supermarket.

Mum Abbie, who works at a soft play center, said: “I’m so proud of Fry. At times she can get slightly nervous and apprehensive but she is a five-year-old who says, “‘Mum I can do this.’”

“She’s an inspiration. Words cannot say how proud I am of her.” Abbie, from Preston, filled the packages with Sophia-Rose’s old toys and with key rings she made herself.

Her daughter topped them up with sweets and fizzy drinks before the duo went on their 20-minute morning walk to drop them off. Fry said: “When I was delivering them with my mum, I loved seeing the rainbows. When people would see what we had left them at their front door, I knew it would make them smile which made me smile too. My favourite part was when I gave the goody bags to the key workers because I could see their big smiles.” Normally Fry worries about taking anything of hers out of her house because it would then be leaving her home.

Abbie said: “By doing this she is overcoming so much. We had bundles of toys she doesn’t play with anymore and I made the key rings because I thought key workers would appreciate them more than a sensory toy.”

The five-year-old has also been put forward for a Pride of Britain award for her random act of kindness.

(SD-Agencies)