Little girl's selfless request in letter to Santa

A young shopper has a selfless request from Santa this year: a new kidney for her brother.

Shelly Thomas, a manager at home improvement shop Lowe’s, in North Carolina, USA, found a heartwarming letter in the store’s Santa mailbox from a girl named Kaitlyn.

The message, written in crayon, read: “Some may not believe in you. But I do. One thing I really want for Christmas is my big brother to get a kidney transplant. PLEASE.”

“It’s believed Kaitlyn wrote the letter on Friday or early Saturday morning,” Thomas told Yahoo Lifestyle.

“Associates enjoy reading the letters to see what toys children are requesting for Christmas. That’s when I found Kaitlyn’s note,” she said.

Every Lowe’s store in the US has a mailbox for letters to Santa. Thomas estimates their store is currently receiving between 50 and 60 letters to Santa daily on weekends right now, but this one stood out from the crowd.

Kaitlyn isn’t looking for a toy like most other children — she just wants a vital organ for her older brother. “As a mom and a grandma, I teared up reading that letter,” Thomas said. “It shows what kids really think about. They think about others, it’s not just themselves.”

Thomas is determined to track down Kaitlyn, but the only hint of who she is came in the way she signed her name. The little girl wrote “Kaitlyn, FL”, suggesting she’s from Florida.

“She wants to find the family to let them know people care and support them,” a representative from Lowe’s told Yahoo Lifestyle. “She also said if this raises awareness of the importance of organ donation that will be another positive.”

Thomas posted a photo of the note on Facebook, and it has been shared almost 800 times.

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