Each Father’s Day, reception teacher Kaylee Hollis joins in with her students to make a special handmade card for her Dad, Terry.

The avid Crows fan has remained committed to keeping that tradition alive, even after her father passed away following a battle with cancer 18 months ago.

At the end of this year’s card, Hollis left a message for her Dad, asking him to help the Crows in their quest to overcome Hawthorn in Friday night’s semi-final.

When she placed that handmade card beside his memorial plaque on a park bench, she never imagined it would slip from the seat - or that it would be picked up by Taylor, who later made a heartfelt plea on social media to find its author, and make sure they had tickets to the semi-final clash.

“Every year since I’ve been a teacher I have made a kid-like card for my Mum and Dad on Mother’s and Father’s Day,” Hollis told AFC Media.

“My Dad passed away about a year and half ago from cancer, but I’ve kept the tradition alive, so I have made him a card, written a message for him and placed it on the chair at the Mitchell Park Sports and Community Centre Oval.

“At the end of the card, I wrote a message asking if Dad could do something to help the Crows on Friday night -  hoping there’s somebody up there who could pull some strings. We all had no choice but to be Crows fans, with Mum and Dad being big fans.

“I left it there for Dad and my family who go and visit the chair as well, and it was tied up to the chair, but with the wind and weather, the card had run away and landed in Taylor’s lap.”

Hollis and her family did snap up tickets to the game, but have been given an opportunity to be in the Crows’ Guard of Honour at Adelaide Oval pre-game.

“Dad was a very passionate Crows supporter, even though he didn’t feel well when he got his diagnosis, and while he was getting treatment, he was still going to all the games,” Hollis said“Going to the games really brought our family together during a really tough time, so we still go to the footy together now and it’s a really nice thing to do and helps us remember Dad.

“Being able to be in the Guard of Honour means a lot to us, for my Mum especially, and that we can go out there and cheer on the boys to hopefully get the win.

“We lost Dad’s best friend recently to cancer as well, and we used to go to the football with him, too, so it would be so nice if the Crows could go all the way.”

Ahead of the Crows’ semi-final and the Guard of Honour experience, Hollis also had a heartfelt message for Taylor, the young woman who found her Father’s Day card.

“It was so thoughtful and kind for her to want to do something nice for our family after reading the card,” Hollis said.

“I’m so grateful for her and the fact something really good has come out of her finding the card.

“We are a very close family, we do lots of things together, and with the football we’d always have our friends around for an away game - I have very special memories with my Dad.”