Selfless schoolgirl Jasmine Parker is gearing up to deliver over 1,300 Easter eggs to sick kids across Northern Ireland after a record breaking collection.
Jasmine - aka Belfast's very own Easter bunny - distributes the eggs to kids at hospitals and the children's hospice.
The 12-year-old from north Belfast has collected 1,800 chocolate eggs for poorly children over the past five years.
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But this year she has hit a new record - 1,335 eggs collected over the past four months.
Back in 2016, Jasmine was concerned that children in hospital over the Easter period would not get a visit from the Easter bunny so she decided to brighten up their days.
Since then each Easter, the kind-hearted youngster has personally distributed eggs to children who are her age or younger at the Royal Victoria Children's Hospital, the Ulster Hospital and the NI Children's Hospice.
She also includes those at Altnagelvin, Daisy Hill and Craigavon hospitals.
For her proud family, including mum Maggie, their role has been to help make room for all the eggs in their front room and load the car up to chauffeur charitable Jasmine from one location to the next.
As soon as Christmas was over, Jasmine, a pupil at Belfast Model School for Girls , was back with her Easter collection in the hope of making more children smile.
"She has been really looking forward to this year's collection as due to Covid, she could not do as much as she wanted last Easter," Maggie told Belfast Live.
"Despite the restrictions, Jasmine still decided to help raise vital funds for local babies and children who need it most in these challenging times.
"She presented a cheque to the NI Children's Hospice for £310 instead of collecting Easter eggs, which was raised through a raffle."
Jasmine received the first Easter egg for this year's appeal on January 10 and over the next few months, she amassed quite a collection.
"Because she missed out last year, she wanted the collection this year to be a lot bigger and to get as many eggs handed out to children as possible," Maggie added.
"This year she has hit 1,335 and her highest record before that was 659 so she's more than doubled that and is absolutely delighted. People have just been so generous in helping her get to this point.
"As a mum I'm just so proud of Jasmine and totally gobsmacked by the amount of eggs she has gathered up this year. I always ask her every year if she wants to do it again and she says yes.
"I try to support her in whatever way we can - even if that means running about like a headless chicken to collect all the donations but I wouldn't have it any other way!
"Hospitals can be scary places for kids but when Jasmine turns up, she brings a smile to their faces. As long as she's able to give something to someone else, she's happy," Maggie added.
With her Easter egg collection now complete for another year, Jasmine still has plenty to look forward to this year.
She was crowned Junior Miss Galaxy Ireland last year and will be heading to Texas this August to compete and represent Northern Ireland in the world finals.
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