See how your donations to our Smiles at Christmas campaign brought smiles to kids in the UK and Iraq

OUR Smiles At Christmas campaign has raised an incredible £500,000 in cash and toys — and it is all thanks to YOU.

Our campaign — the biggest festive appeal in Sun history — set out to help four charities by asking our millions of big-hearted readers to donate what they could to bring a little extra cheer to disadvantaged children.

But your unwavering kindness means countless other kids will have a reason to smile this Christmas.

This week, Sun lorries delivered more than 35,000 toys all around the UK, dropping off at hospitals, charities, hospices, refuges and individual houses.

You also digged deep to give more than £100,000 in cash.

We asked readers to donate toys at Toys R Us and branches of McColl’s convenience stores.

All donations, including an amazing 20,000 toys and books from Marks And Spencer, were brought back to The Sun’s printing HQ at Broxbourne, Herts, and then dispatched across the country.

Leukaemia sufferer Dylan Clements, nine, could not believe his eyes when he ripped open a box of Lego this week.

Mum Lorraine, 42, from Croydon, South London, said: “It’s amazing how generous those supporting The Sun’s campaign have been.

 We can’t thank you enough...our children will now be able to love and play without fear

Refuge manager Charlotte Kneer

“Dylan looked at me when they arrived and asked if they were his to keep. It has helped make him very happy.

“It makes me all warm inside. I’m so grateful to The Sun and all those who have donated toys.”

Dylan, who is undergoing chemotherapy, said: “I feel really lucky. Thank you to everyone. It makes me happy and excited.”

We launched Smiles At Christmas last month and featured four different charities who work with kids at home and abroad.

Scotty’s Little Soldiers supports children who have lost a parent in the Armed Forces. One of those kids is Jack, the son of murdered soldier Lee Rigby.

The charity was given 6,600 brand new toys to hand out as presents to the children they support.

Scotty’s founder, Nikki Scott, said: “There are hundreds of bereaved Forces children across the country, and just small things like a toy can help raise a smile and reassures these brave little soldiers that there are people out there who are thinking about them at this difficult time.”

I feel really lucky. Thank you to everyone who donated toys. It makes me happy and excited

Dylan Clements, 9, leukaemia sufferer

The AMAR Foundation aims to rebuild the lives of children who are left in crisis in the Middle East and is currently helping those fleeing IS in Mosul and Aleppo. SKA International Group agreed to ship 1,200 of your toys out to Iraq.

Clutching precious new toys we took out there early, Hijram Hassy and little brother Abbas could not hide their delight.

Hundreds of children in the Zelikan refugee camp north of Mosul fled ISIS with nothing but the clothes they were wearing.

Grinning Hijram’s mum Wahbia, 30, told us: “She had terrible dreams, waking up in the night screaming. Now she takes her dolly to bed, it helps her sleep.”

One camp worker wept as she described the children’s plight, saying: “They had forgotten how to play.”

One of those kids was shepherd’s son Rafih Ahmad, five, watched in horror as IS thugs machine-gunned his pet dogs. Today, he is smiling as he hugs his new toy penguin.

The simple gifts brought joy to little Wijdan Zanoon, seven, and five-year-old Norhan Nashwan in the children’s ward of the chaotic Shikhan hospital.

Widjan is missing her right leg after it was blown off in the crossfire between IS and Iraqi forces battling to liberate Mosul.

Norhan has shrapnel embedded in her skull.

Clinging on to their new teddies, they smiled and said “thank you” in English. The Sun campaign also paid for a wheelchair for Widjan.

Last night AMAR founder and chairman Baroness Emma Nicholson said: “This wonderful gesture by The Sun and its readers will really give them a boost, showing them that the outside world really does care about their plight.”

Women’s Aid represents hundreds of refuges for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse.

This week we delivered a vanload of toys to a refuge for domestic violence victims in Surrey. Manager Charlotte Kneer said: “We can’t thank Sun readers enough. You’ve been so generous.

“So many of the children that stay here have been too scared to play or had toys used as weapons against them. We often have to teach them how to play again.

“These amazing gifts mean they will have toys of their own that they can play with without fear.”

‘She is so poorly but this brought her joy’

Children with Cancer UK received 2,340 toys to give to sick kids this Christmas.

Charity boss Cliff O’Gorman said: “We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of Sun readers and the companies who have donated toys.

These special gifts have allowed us to surprise and delight the children who are fighting cancer this Christmas.

“It is a wonderful gesture.”

The sheer volume of toys donated to our appeal meant we had to broaden our deliveries to a further 19 charities, including Great Ormond Street Hospital and Bristol Children’s Hospital.

Bella Rose Leach helped launch our campaign. The five-year-old, who also has leukaemia, has spent the last two weeks in hospital but the delivery brought a smile to her face.

Mum Abbie Stanwix, 34, from Hemel Hempstead, Herts, said: “She loves the Barbies and My Little Ponies she received.

“Thank you so much to those who donated. It has brought joy to her face when she is so poorly.”

Your generosity was matched by hard work from people at The Sun to get the toys delivered in time for Christmas.