We just had to write in our blog today to send a huge THANK YOU to all the students, staff and families at Ash Manor School for their wonderful donations this Easter. It was an enormous help, filling food parcels and enabling us to give out Easter treats to every client – just in time for Easter. Your support make all the difference to us, not just the items themselves, but also the impact of raising awareness, so that families in need know where to turn, and those with enough to share can donate to help our project.
I would like to add a special thank you to one of our youth volunteers, who has just completed his bronze DofE volunteering with us. He started in January and has picked everything up very quickly, becoming a key team member of the youth team on Thursday nights. He has helped to feed ~150 families during his DofE volunteering with us, and is an absolute star! We continue to enjoy the wonderful help of our other young volunteers on Thursday evenings too. These super stars have continued to be a huge help every week. This term, as an extra project, they have made up colouring packs, so that children could make Mother’s Day cards, and had some Easter activities to do. They have even started sourcing some excellent gifts for children, a great start to our huge challenge at Christmas to send every client a Christmas present. They have been an amazing help, with everything from stock management to fridge checks, and from food parcel packing to fundraising, publicity and posters. They are a credit to their families and to Ash Manor School.
The feedback from clients is that life is increasingly difficult at the moment. We have had some very moving messages of thanks, explaining what a huge help the food parcels are to local people in times of need. Every story is different, but the common thread is the huge difference that something as simple as a food parcel can make. Thank you for being part of this story of hope for the local community in the Ash Villages.
Our warmest wishes and heartfelt thanks from everyone at the Ash Villages Food Parcels Project. We coudn’t do it without you!
Need help? Contact Citizens advice for a referral or visit St Mary’s church and ask for a church referral in person. We cover anyone in need in Ash, Ash Vale, Ash Green or Tongham.
Want to donate? We are so grateful for all support! You can donate food items at Ash Manor, Ash Vale Co-op, St Mary’s Church or The Chapel on Wharf Rd. If you prefer to donate funds so we can but what is most needed, there is a donations link here: https://givealittle.co/c/7a47190c-ad4e-4cf9-8662-da844101a41c
Thank you for your support!
