We had been invited to talk to a group of ladies at their afternoon monthly meeting about our part in Keep a Child Warm.
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The Sun on Sunday launched their knitting campaign (with the help of Loving Hands) at the end of October.
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What a fantastic way to kick off the new school year. This week, I visited the year 8s at Chilwell School to receive a fabulous donation.
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Having finished my A levels in June this year, I was then faced with 3 months of freedom from studying before starting university. I’m not someone to sit back and relax for three months, despite the stress and hard work that the last two years of college threw at me, so I was keen to see if there was some way I could volunteer for Operation Orphan.
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The summer of 2016 finally arrived just in time for Packing Week, as we predicted it would! With temperatures in the 30’s we worried about how the team would cope but soon realised that we didn’t need to worry at all!
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With the busy time in the warehouse as we approach packing week for Keep a Child Warm we wanted to celebrate all the wonderful people who have been helping us.
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We were thrilled to have John and Julia Odie with us on Monday. Julia, with help from her husband and a whole heap of friends, has been collecting warm winter clothing for the last few months.
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Without our amazing volunteers, we would be nothing! It’s because of the investment and time people give to Operation Orphan that we are capable of so much.
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Very excited to receive a donation of Thinsulate gloves and socks today from the Nottingham Tiger store. It was great to meet store manager Ben and Mani (pictured) today – and thanks to the lovely lorry driver from Lancashire for helping me out of an impossible parking space! (Sorry ladies – I’ve totally let you all down!)
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Our school took part in the Keep a Child Warm Challenge on Wednesday last week.
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Are you up for the challenge? The question posed to the nation through the platform of social media.
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Before this week I had never realised how much effort went into charity operations. Imagine yourself giving to charity; a wardrobe clear-out and not a lot more.
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“Final week of term!” they say, all smiles and enthusiasm (muddled with a hint of envy). “I bet you’re winding down…” they say. Little do they know.
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It’s been a busy week! 60 people took an entire day to sort a mountain of clothing which we then saw grow again to the same size – a little demoralising at the time, but amazing to have so many donations!
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On hearing of the Nepal Earthquake only a couple of weeks ago and the devastating affect this has had our thoughts turned to how Danbro could help and do whatever we could to support the work Operation Orphan are doing in Nepal.
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Our packing week started last Friday (11 July) – and all that followed was made possible by the work done ferrying van loads of stuff from storage to Chilwell 6th form where we were packing.
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I need to give a huge shout out to Sharp Plumbing Solutions who have just created a fantastic structure to help Operation Orphan sort this year’s donations!
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Keep a Child Warm collections are well underway and we now have almost 3 full storage units at Big Yellow!
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We want to say THANK YOU to Charlotte Shepherd for getting in touch with us. Charlotte got in contact to see if there was anyway that she could help with the chairty and our warm winter clothing collections.
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We are so grateful to Anne and the ladies in Edinburgh for their knitathon this weekend.
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