Dec 09 2007
Give-a-Can – Collected over 1400 cans !!
On Saturday the 8th December, outside Somerfield at Corringham, we collected 1419 cans & packets of food.
We had tremendous support from both the public and the staff at Somerfield. Cans of beans, soup, meat, veg & tins of luxury biscuits were just some of the items donated. Thanks to the generosity of shoppers donating their extra cans of food the needy of the Thurrock area will be supplied these donations, via the Salvation Army, over Christmas and into the New Year. Somerfield very kindly made a donation of cans and also supplied the boxes for storage, transportation of all those cans !!
A BIG THANK YOU to those that helped and/or donated. Thank you !!
It’s coming around to that time of the year, so as we do every year, we collect donated cans of food outside the Somerfield store in Corringham.This December the 8th we will be asking the customers shopping at Somerfield Corringham to purchase an extra can (or 2 !!) of food for our collection that goes onto the Salvation Army for distribtion amoungst the needy of Essex over Christmas.Last year we had a fantastic response collecting over 1200 cans of food which would equate to more than £1000.00 !!Come along on Saturday the 8th and whilst stocking up your kitchen cupboards you can play a part in helping your local community. Soup, fruit, meat, veg and the ‘old faithful’ tin of beans are all welcome !We would like to thank all the staff at Somerfield Corringham for their support and never ending supply of empty boxes for the stacking of all those cans !We look forward to seeing you on the 8th December 2007 at Somerfield Corringham.
