Thanks to your support during Super Steps you have helped us deliver hundreds of thousands of moments of joy, laughter and happiness this year.
I got to experience one of those moments recently when Build-a-Bear took over the Starlight Express Room. It was bigger than BEAR-HUR! 1,290 Build-a-Bears made their way to children across Australia.
The highlight of my day was watching a little boy transform into Elphaba from Wicked, with his bear as the perfect sidekick. It was a true team effort. After choosing his bear, his mum crafted a cape for his furry companion and later made a matching one for him.
I put my crafting skills to the test by making Elphaba's iconic crooked black hat, while another Starlight Vollie created a broom from spare craft materials. The finishing touch came when Captain Starlight painted his face and arms green, completing the transformation.
He was absolutely thrilled. While I may have caught a brief look of hesitation from his mum at the prospect of green face paint, his excitement was impossible not to share.
Thanks to your support, moments like this are possible. You helped turn a day that could have been filled with pain and stress into one filled with creativity, laughter and joy.
Every cape, broomstick, crooked hat and splash of green face paint starts with someone like you. Thank you for helping create moments of joy when they're needed most.
Written by Meg, Super Steps Campaign Manager
