Blanket Appeal
Message from Rose Helie
following the December 2010 distribution:
We
have always known that blankets are highly highly
valued and appreciated. The blanket shown in the picture above was crocheted by
people at Willows day care Centre and taken to Romania in 2005, where it was
given to a homeless woman squatting in a disused factory.
But now 5 years later the need for
blankets is still as great. In December 2011, at a distribution in the city of
Oradea I was shocked to see 2 respectable middle-aged women fighting over the
remaining blankets, as both were desperate for them. After the social worker
intervened, he explained that food and blankets were the most desperately
needed among the poorest of the poor at that time of year.
OUR
TARGET IS A MINIMUM OF 1,000 BLANKETS, IDEALLY 1,200 BLANKETS TO BE SENT ON OUR
AUTUMN AND WINTER AID TRIPS in 2011.
The priority is warm bed-clothes, hand
made blankets, shop bought blankets, duvets, sleeping
bags, etc these are all highly valued and desperately needed. Please note we need full size blankets, not
knee blankets or baby blankets for this appeal unless several are sewn together.
(The exact size is unimportant but the blankets should be large enough for a
single bed or a double bed)
Our collection places are:
Ø All Saints Church in St Helier
open 10 till 12 Monday to Saturday
Ø St Peter’s Church open 9 till 5 Monday to Friday.
Ø St Mary’s Church open 10 till 4 Monday to Saturday
Ø St Luke’s Church (in Howard Davis Park) open on the mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Ø Occasional collections at Holme
Grown Farm Shop carpark – watch for posters at Holme Grown and in the media.