FAST APPROACHING THE END OF THE 2nd WEEK

Friday 28th and almost at the end of the 2nd week. The tide has turned on our vast body of shoeboxes, where they were creeping well towards the tables and covering our marked walkway we can actually see the pile has significantly reduced, bearing in mind we still have been doing collections and people have been bringing shoeboxes in.

This pile of shoeboxes is not nearly so big.

We will be collecting less shoeboxes in the coming days which will allow us to process what we have, get them into cartons and away to their destinations.

Thanks to people who have brought their shoeboxes in and thanks to the drivers who have been driving here, there and everywhere to collect all the boxes.

Michael and his crew of drivers











How many shoeboxes have we done so far?  Processed in our warehouse it is nearly 19,000. Congratulations to all our volunteers. Not just for all the checking but the packing and the fantastic team of ladies who continually keep our fillers tables topped up. This is not an easy job and we keep running out of items. So calling for

1) soft toys
2) toothpaste
3) flannels
4) soap
5) knitted hats, gloves, scarfs etc.

Please help us to fill the last shoeboxes to make each box a fair one.

Visitors today were Lloyds Bank and Cedar Court Care home who knit for us. They knit lots of items and have done for many years.