December 21st Anode Food Hampers
Anode is a charity that provides a host of services to help individuals through challenging times.
They encourage self belief, independence and responsibility. Their Motto: Changing Lives, Giving a Voice and Fighting Poverty.
Eight ladies from our club answered the call from Anode to help pack food hampers for people in need in Torbay. It was very well organised and our ladies got going straightaway. They worked in pairs as if on their own conveyor belt. All the items were clearly marked with a number and displayed in this room and that. There were tins of fruit, soft drinks, chocolates, sweets, mince pies, jam and marmalade, bread, cereals, soup ……. and frozen chicken and mince from the kitchen! Everything was there for a super Christmas meal. Each couple was faced with a large box containing fresh vegetables and away they went. Can you imagine the scene? Busy ladies in a confined space dodging here and there to find their next item and making sure it went in the right box. When their hamper was finished a volunteer would whoosh it away and in came another empty box. Other ladies were trying to keep up with their creative wrapping, finising off with beautiful bows. Delivery vehicles were coming and going all day and the cut-off target was 300 hampers! Unbelievable! Torquay Soroptimists donated £122 to the cause.