And it's on its way !! So far 10 lorries loaded with 26 pallets have left Flixborough and are making their way to Chotyniec on the Polish border. From there, it will all be loaded into vans to begin the journey into Ukraine. The pallets contain medicines, food (both tinned and dried), baby food, toiletries, sanitary products, pet food, coats, hats, scarves, boots and toys. The list was endless and it never stopped coming through the doors for two whole weeks. If you can imagine 5000 big shops ......thats the amount of food that has been boxed up. I must have done at least 1000 boxes. The generosity was on a whole new level. From sacks of dog food to lovely brand new teddies. A lot of notes that brought tears......everyday. We were totally inundated with clothes to start with which, after a few days, word soon filtered down that they were not needed, just the warm coats. So these were all weighed in and we had a staggering 20 tonnes which made £10,000 donated to the charity to help rebuild Ukraine.
A big thank you to McArthur Agricultural at Flixborough for organising this and giving up the whole of their depot to sorting, packing and storing. The staff there have been lovely, helping to lift, pallet and stack.......and to feed us all ! You can get back to normal tomorrow but we know that you will miss us all ! Thank you.
Whatever am I going to do tomorrow.......
This is just the tip of the iceberg ! You cannot image the scale of donations.
I even managed to get myself in the Farmers Guardian !!
That's me in the purple x
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