Hemel Hempstead schoolgirl made candles to fund cake baking for care home residents

A seven-year-old girl from Hemel Hempstead recently made cakes and delivered them to residents in Queensway House Care Home.

Seher Savannah was missing her grandparents during lockdown, and wanted to do something nice for the people living in a care home near her house.

The seven-year-old decided to make some candles and sell them to her friends and family to raise money to buy the ingredients to make cakes.

Her mum, Sreepriya Bhowmik, contacted The Gazette to share her daughter's act of kindness.

She said: "Her grandparents are in India and she was really missing them so she decided that she wanted to give something to the residents in the care home near us.

"She said she wanted to give them sweets, or cakes or something.

I told her she would have to do something to raise the money, she couldn't just ask people for donations.

"So she decided to make candles and sell them to her friends and family, I taught her how to make them, I made four and she made the rest.

"She then sold them for £1 and used the money to buy ingredients to make the cakes, and some other bits for the care home, like juice, tea and coffee.

"We contacted the care home and told them what she was doing and they thought it was a lovely gesture.

"We delivered the items and then the following Saturday, one of the residents called Seher on Zoom and they had a little tea party.

"I'm really proud of her, it is a really kind gesture, and something that she really wanted to do."

Seher Savannah and her parents visited the care home to drop off the cakes.

Ravi Gidar, CEO of Gold Care Homes, said: “From candles to cake baking – the thought and efforts of Seher and her family are more touching than we can describe.

"Gold Care Homes prides itself on our mission of enhancing the lives of those in our care by bringing them joy, happiness and fulfilment; and Seher’s kindness has shown her to be a part of our Gold Care family.

"Our surrounding communities are incredibly important to us and our residents, and in Hemel Hempstead the community is closely knit together.

"Supporting each other throughout this year in particular, has boosted the morale of the Gold Care team; and gestures like Seher’s will not easily be forgotten.”