Christmas Hampers for Charity

Sat, Dec 5th 2020 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Fantastic effort from Rotary Newton Aycliffe & Friends

FANTASTIC EFFORT FROM ROTARY NEWTON AYCLIFFE

Today Rotary Newton Aycliffe handed over to Santa, 40 plus hampers destined for delivery to food banks throughout the area. Our members and friends have been filling boxes and bags with Christmas goodies after Rotarian Patricia Henderson-Pickersgill came up with the idea. The club were delighted to agree to this wonderful initiative. Many people helped along the way so here goes with the thanks. Let’s hope we do not forget anyone. Firstly, the boxes were kindly donated by Newton Press. The labelling and leaflets were designed and supplied by DigiPrint. Margaret Allen gave 100 selection boxes. Lastly, Alan Nelson and The BIG CLUB gave us use of their car park to co-ordinate the handover of the boxes. Grateful thanks to all. A real community effort and we could not have done it without you. Photos show Rotary President Trish and Paula Nelson from foodbank, Shildon Alive delivering hampers to Santa and Rotarian Jean Thompson loading the van for St. Paul's Centre Spennymoor. Another van is on its way to our Newton Aycliffe foodbank.

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HE TRAILER, THE SLEIGH, AND THE CHRISTMAS JOURNEY, WITH A BUNCH OF ROTARIANS

During 2022, with the help of our County Councillors and funding from the Great Aycliffe and Middridge Partnership - GAMP, Rotary Newton Aycliffe bought a trailer, and it was a natural progression to then make the decision to have a new Santa Sleigh.

A couple of months ago, Bernard Borsberry visited Rotary Newton Aycliffe to speak about his recent trip away and how he became interested in supporting youth football in a distant land.

ay, our President David Hogg visited Five Acres Community Garden and presented Manager, Charlote Iceton with a cheque towards their 'Fund a Fence' project.