A donation drive for a young girl called the Christmas Angel following an alleged sexual assault that left her unconscious in hospital is underway.

The 6-year-old girl has been recovering at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton after she was found on the Paul First Nation last weekend.

Those behind the drive said they have received messages from all over the country and even some from the United States.

Monique Bulmer said it began when she first heard the news and felt compelled to do something for the girl.

“I decided to do a last minute, impromptu Christmas drive for her.”

She said she did a Facebook post “asking everyone if anyone had any gifts for a six year old girl, monetary donations or anything at all. And that just spiraled. It got shared, shared and shared.”

She said the response was overwhelming and she was able to deliver toys for the girl for Christmas.

She also turned to Little Warriors founder, Glori Meldrum, to help organize something for the family.

“We also brought lots of gift certificates like Petro Canada for gas, Subway. We know there is a Tim Hortons across the street so we bought lots of Tim Hortons,” Belmer explained.

“We also brought them lots of cash. No cheques or anything like that so they had the money immediately if they needed.”

“We want to make sure that the family doesn’t have to worry about anything that they can focus on their child,” Meldrum explained.

“They do have other kids so we just want to make sure that they don’t  have to worry about other things at this point and they can just focus 100 per cent on little Christmas Angel.”

Bulmer said the family was touched by the support.

“The family was just overwhelmed. They couldn’t even speak they were so overwhelmed about the support from just everyday people.”

Meldrum said anyone wanting to donate could drop off items at the River Cree or at G-Squared. They are specifically looking for Safeway gift cards, gas cards or Wal-Mart cards.

 “Just so that the family doesn’t have to worry about food or gas or any of those things.

“We are also asking people to drop off toys for kids 12 and under for the kids at the Paul Band because I am sure that they had a very tough Christmas with everything that has happened and we really want all of those children to know how much they are loved and appreciated,” Meldrum added.

With files from Nicole Weisberg