It’s the gift, and the sign, that won’t stop giving.

Alyx Delaloyle, the seven-year-old Neepawa girl who touched hearts with her “Chemo by day, Jets by night” sign at a Winnipeg Jets game last week, continues to spark acts of kindness.

First, a nine-year-old boy who was given a hockey stick by Jets defenceman Tyler Myers handed it over to Delaloyle at the following game, Sunday.

“As soon as I saw Alyx walk up the stairs I knew I had to give it to her,” Keaton Hamin said, Wednesday. “You’re supposed to do the right thing, right?”

Touched by the gesture, the folks at Ronald McDonald House, a home-away-from-home for out-of-town families whose kids are getting medical care, put out a call on Twitter for a Jets-signed stick to replace the one Hamin gave to Delaloyle.

Winnipegger TJ Stroud just happened to see the tweet, and decided the autographed and game-used stick he bid for at a charity event should go to the boy.

Wednesday, Stroud surprised Hamin with the stick at Ronald McDonald House.

“I was really surprised by it,” the nine-year-old Hamin said. “When I saw the stick I’m like, ‘Holy mackerel.’ I’m really touched that they did this for me.”

Stroud said there was no other choice to make — even his own six-year-old son agreed.

“You can’t ignore that,” Stroud said. “It was already donated by someone and raised money in the silent auction. So we knew the stick had good karma already, so we thought it’d be perfect to pass on.

“It went to the right home.”

The mother whose daughter started it all was there with Alyx to see Wednesday’s exchange.

“It’s amazing,” Jody Delaloyle said. “Something we never, ever expected. She was the one who was the inspiration to the poster that started all this. And now it’s escalated. It’s totally pay-it-forward. Unbelievable how people that don’t know other people can get together.”

Alyx was invited into the dressing room after Sunday’s game and got to meet most of the Jets players.

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