The Mayor of Guildford, David, and his wife Wendy arrived at our warehouse not knowing what to expect. This year once again they were overwhelmed with our operation. They stayed for a tour of the office, had some tuition and processed some boxes for us.
During tea/coffee they spoke to everyone thanking them not only for the volunteering work they do here day by day to enable the children to get their shoebox but for the wider community in the GU and KT area work bringing people together throughout the year.
During the morning they spoke to several of our volunteers, Julia, one of our volunteers, showed them how the boxes are processed.
Another surprise today was a guy who walked into the office and tried to tell us in broken English his boss had sent him. We thought to help load the lorry on Saturday. "Hooray", we thought, but not until Saturday, so sent him off. Then later we went outside to see this huge lorry, with the same guy behind the wheel!! Help, "Oh my word" I think he is our driver for Saturday!"
Yes he was... so he is now camping out by the warehouse. Our neighbours are delighted!
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