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St Helens Town Hall Assembly Room was used to store thousands of chocolate oranges that have been donated once again before being dropped of at Lansbury Bridge, Willowbrook Hospice, Zoe's Place, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Whiston Hospital and Aintree Hospital for staff to enjoy. Chris Lamb, from Rainford, started the initiative in 2010 by gifting a chocolate orange to a doctor as a thank you for caring for his late son, Elliott, who sadly passed away just before Christmas that year, aged four, after a courageous battle against Congenital Cytomeglavirus. Since then as a legacy to Elliott, Chris has collected more than 150,000 chocolate oranges, with an army of volunteers based all over to help him with his cause to ensure NHS heroes up and down the country are able to receive a treat as a thank you in time for Christmas.
Chris, who was unsure whether to carry on this year but had a change of heart to honour what would have been Elliott's 18th birthday year, said: "This means...
Kelsey Maxwell.
