- 07/02/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Walsall FC and Foundation set up a stall at the Pallett Track Stadium and when I visited the Stadium on 7 February 2026, I signed a card for Amelia Kolpa, a girl from Rowley Regis in the Black Country who has neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that starts in a type of nerve cell called a neuroblast.
The campaign to ‘Make Amelia’s Birthday Magical’ started when Amelia and her mum, Katarzyna Bartczak, wanted to mark Amelia’s eighth birthday on 3 March by breaking the record for the most birthday cards received in the UK, aiming for 8000 cards.
The campaign went viral with people as far as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA sending in cards to contribute to smashing the record.
Less than a month before Amelia’s birthday, 80,000 cards have been delivered to the family. Amelia is planning to create a huge collage of them to display on a wall.