Unexpected gift for injured girl
The O’Callaghan family, whose badly-injured daughter Sheryl was recently flown from Brisbane to
Christchurch in a Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft, received an unexpected Christmas gift yesterday. Sheryl — who turned IS yesterday — has been In a coma since she fell from the back of a van in July. Her parents flew to Australia to be near her, and later sold their car and the furniture from their rented
house in Christchurch because the length of their stay in Australia was uncertain.
Yesterday’s gift was a cheque for $5O, sent to them through “The Press” by an Auckland couple who had read of the family’s troubles. Sheryl’s medical expenses in Australia were paid by the Medibank scheme there. Her parents have now returned to their Jobs with Marathon Rubber Footwear. Ltd, Woolston.
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Press, 17 December 1976, Page 4
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