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Appeal eggs on shoppers.


Byline: Rebekah Oruye

KIND-hearted shoppers helped make Easter sweeter for hundreds of Birmingham youngsters.

More than 1,000 eggs were donated by people using the Pallasades Shopping Centre.

The Pallasades Easter Egg An undocumented function hidden in software that may or may not be sanctioned by management. Easter Eggs are secret "goodies" found by word of mouth or accident. They are also used in video games, movies, TV commercials, DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs and every so often in hardware.  Appeal, supported by the Birmingham Mail The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, UK but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire.  and 105.7 Smooth Radio, provides sweet treats for children in care and Birmingham Children's Hospital Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust manage the central Birmingham hospital now also known as The Diana, Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, which provides general and emergency health care services to children in Birmingham, the West Midlands and beyond. .

Pallasades marketing manager Jo Blythin said: "We are delighted the appeal has once again been a huge success and would like to thank everyone who donated an egg.

"This will certainly ensure there will be lots of happy faces this Easter." Eggs for children in care in Birmingham were collected by city council workers to be shared among social workers, children's homes and foster carers.

Birmingham Children's Hospital's community fund raising manager Malcolm Faulkner, collected the hospital's share of the eggs, which were due to be handed out to young patients today..

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Malcolm Faulkner, community fund raising manager for Birmingham Children's Hospital is pictured with Jo Blythin, marketing manager for the Pallasades.
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Apr 11, 2009
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