Happy Christmas for Lodging House Mission
Making Christmas a happier time for the homeless, vulnerable and socially excluded people of Glasgow.
Our gesture for Christmas this year was to provide "kettle food" items for the homeless, vulnerable and socially excluded people who are so capably helped by the Glasgow Lodging House Mission. "Kettle food" includes packet or canned items that can be cooked easily in a saucepan (or kettle), or that don't even need cooking at all.
Our response was outstanding, surpassing what we did last year.
We delivered the following items to the Mission:
26 Pots of instant porridge
35 Cuppa Soups
36 Pot noodles
58 ring pull tins of meat and fish
65 Packets of mashed potatoes
94 tins of fruit
15 Jars of hot chocolate
25 boxes of instant coffee
18 jars of meat and fish paste
38 packets of biscuits/sweets/crisps
15 cartons of juice
35 Knitted woollen hats.
In addition, we made cash contributions from the Club and individual members of more than £500.
Club organiser Gordon Fairbrother said: "This is simply an amazing effort from our Rotary club and makes me proud to be a member of such a caring and giving organisation."
Claire Herbert, the Chaplain of LHM, is passionate about her work and sends her thanks to our club for taking an interest in LHM's activities.
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