With record numbers of Food Banks being used by record numbers of families, Leicester Novus Rotary decided to help out. In March members collected for the food bank supported by Asda in Abbey Lane, Leicester.
Over the May Bank Holiday Monday and Tuesday, they readily accepted an invitation from Jess Roberts, the Community Champion at Morrisons at Glenfield. The store supports New Parks Food Bank which operates from a church at the junction of New Parks Boulevard and Battersbee Road. Jess is one of several volunteers there who work under the leadership of Lindsay Peberdy. You can read about the wonderful work they do by following this link https://mychoice.leicester.gov.uk/Services/3557/New-Parks-Food-Bank
If you want to help them feed some of the most vulnerable families in Leicester you can do so by following that link, or by donating food or cash at Morrisons while we are collecting there on May 1 and May 2. As we discovered in March, more and more people don ‘t carry cash, but shop — and donate — using bank cards. We have a card reader which proved very convenient and popular. Or you can contact Novus Rotary by clicking on the “Contact Us” tab on this web page.
If you’re shopping at Morrisons over the bank holiday, please say “Hello” and help those who struggle to shop for themselves. Thank you.
DAY ONE: (Mayday Bank Holiday Monday, May 1)
Thanks to the generosity of Morrisons shoppers and their welcoming staff, nearly £235 was collected by Rotary volunteers between 9am and 1pm.
Rotarians will be back with their collecting buckets (and their car-reader) from 9am on Tuesday, May 2.
DAY TWO: (Tuesday, May 2)
After another four hours collecting from — and chatting with — customers and staff at Morrisons the total collected over two days rose to just under £500.
Novus Rotary president Ranjit Mann was pleased with the result and thanked Morrisons staff, particularly the Community Champion Jess Roberts, but mainly the generous shoppers who use the store.
Ranjit hopes to invite New Parks Food Bank leader Lindsay Peberdy and staff from Morrisons to a meeting of the Rotary Club so the cash can be transferred.
Over two days at the beginning of March, Novus Rotarians collected about £400 for another food bank while collecting at another Leicester supermarket.
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