Thanks to another wonderful gesture by the Sewards family, in particular Michael with his business partner who kindly organised a surprise invite to the Collingwood headquarters. Owen and I were invited to the Lexus centre (we told mum that we would be fine, but she insisted on coming to protect us). Heath Shaw and Ben Johnson met us at the entrance and unbelievably, walked us around showing us many facilities and rooms, including
the meeting room and locker room. Owen saw what he wanted most for his birthday. A milkshake making area with the longest line of flavour pump packs ever. After that, Owen, Mum and I got to meet many players and even Bucks. We got all their signatures and had lots of fun. (Mum did spend too long trying to find out what her favourite ex-player was up to). All the players were really nice to us and we just loved being there. The day was the best we ever had.
The 2009 jumper signed by the whole team.. An unexpected gift. We found out that Ben Johnson was especially interested in Owen and has helped organise this visit. He has a young family member who is currently getting treatment for cancer and has spent a lot of time on the Oncology Ward at Royal Childrens with him. He wants us to keep him up to date on Owen and his progress. Heath Shaw was also interested. He was cool as, and kind.
We would like to thank Michael, his anonymous business partner, all the players and especially Ben and Heath for giving us so much of their time.
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