It is not every day someone turns 100-years-old, and the staff at a care home in Benfleet are determined to make it a day to remember by launching a birthday card appeal.
Doris Lord, more fondly known as 'Dolly', is a much-loved resident at HC-One's Godden Lodge Care Home in Benfleet.
Bosses at the care home have launched an appeal for kind-hearted people to send birthday cards to Doris who is turning 100 on November 25.
Doris is looking forward to celebrating her 100th birthday, with more than 40 friends and family members expected to attend.
The team at HC-One’s Godden Lodge Care Home are asking people to send Doris a birthday card as it "would mean so much” to her.
Any cards people wish to send should be sent to: F.A.O. Doris Lord, Godden Lodge Care Home, 57 Hart Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 3GL.
Lewis Chester, home manager at HC-One’s Godden Lodge Care Home, said: “From everyone here at Godden Lodge, we would like to wish Doris an amazing 100th birthday.
"We look forward to celebrating Doris’s birthday with her. “To mark this amazing milestone birthday, we’re rallying together to get Doris at least a 100 birthday cards – one for every year of her incredible life.
"Whether it is a store-bought card, a handmade masterpiece, or just a simple note, we want to fill her day with lots of love, joy, kindness and laughter. “It would mean so much to Doris, reading the well wishes and messages from others in the local community.”
The care home say that Doris has lived a remarkable life filled with love, resilience and cherished memories.
Doris was one of five children, being the oldest born child alongside three brothers and one sister. She joined the Armed Forces in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S) where she met her husband, George Lord, who she married in 1945.
The couple were married for more than 50 years, and they moved to Leicestershire to build a life together after the war ended. Last year, Doris relocated to Essex to move closer to her family.
Doris enjoys the simple pleasures in life, including a good cup of tea, indulging in biscuits, boiled sweets and chocolates.
When asked what her secret to a long life is, resident Doris Lord, added: “My secret to living a long life is to live day to day."
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