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The Link Magazine. December 1997 21
Help needed for next Romania aid trip
Swindon based charity Mission Romania would like to thank the Only the best
vast number of people who contributed items to their annual collec-
tion, and also lcoal companies including Burmah and National Power.
The charity held its annual meet- was wonderful to see it in action. will do at
ing on 15 November where an ap- This year we helped to start an-
peal was made for new people to other in a different town."
come forward to help with any The charity is now looking for
aspect of organisation, particularly interest in a partner town arrange- Christmas
the collection for next year's trip. ment with Swindon to create links
Mission Romania organiser between businesses. This could
Julian Leggatt said volunteers from attract European Community de- For a wide selection of
Swindon distributed about velopment funding. top grade Christmas
£100,000 worth of goods in the Mission Romania is desperate
Tirgu Mures district during a two for more people to be involved in trees, come to Stone
week trip at the end of August. planning and collecting for next
"We've been involved in the area year's aid trip. And there may be Lane Garden Centre.
for seven years and have gradu- a chance of travelling to Romania
ally been able to spread our help to to meet the local people involved All our trees are
hospitals, homes for the elderly, in charity work there.
orphanages and churches. Last To find out more, call Julian bushy and we
year we set up a toy library and it Leggatt on 872987.
stock many sizes
Ukraine shoe boxes from 3ft. to 12ft!
Many varieties of
get swift send off tree available to
Shoe boxes collected by children at Westlea School and Freshbrook's suit individual
Windmill Hill School have been delivered to needy orphans in the
Ukraine according to appeal organisers from the charity Hope Now. preferences.

Bigger range of
decorations on
display this year

hA Gift Tokens
available - ideal
presents for
keen gardeners.

Or, view the
range of gifts,
from houseplants to Christmas presents for
propagators, your pets! We have
gardening books and lots of tasty gifts for
Marc Walker-Loveridge of Swift Couriers arranged for Swiiidoii sI,oeboxcs to garden tools. your favourite animal.
be transported to the Hope Now collection warehouse. He is pictured with
Westlea School headteacher Suzanne Seaton and from left, Edith Glennie, DECEMBER LATE OPENINGS
Aiden Glennie, Sukhveer Nahal, Richard Cheney, Roxanne Walker-Loveridge Each Friday during December until 8pm (includes
and Tong Chen free tea/coffee & mince pie in the coffee shop)
Two hundred and eighty boxes Hope Now has done a great deal * Open 7 days a week * Plenty of free parking * Coffee Shop
filled with useful items to surprise of work at the House of Babies in
a child were collected for Harvest Cherkassy and also an orphanage fP_
Festival at the end of October and for under fifteens. There are
were transported to the Hope Now projects in a prison and schools for
warehouse in Southampton by deaf children, teaching English lan- 1toia Jirj
Swindon's Swift Couriers. A total guage and music. Work has re-
of four thousand shoe boxes were cently started on setting up a home r
collected across Britain and taken for street children.
to the Ukraine. • A second big charity ball to raise Stone Lane, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon
On 2 November the Hope Now money for Hope Now at the Chi-
director Vic Jakopson spoke at nese Experience restaurant is be- Tel: (01793) 771766
Shaw Church about the work of ing planned for next year. The ball .
the charity in the Cherkassy re- last May raised £10,000 for a play- Piirton Road Haydon
Wick &
gion of the Ukraine over the last ground at the House of Babies. Stone Lan. I
abbey
Garden Cent,. Meads
five years. He described that from • Shoe boxes were collected at Peet-
N- Elms
small beginnings, support by Brit- Hreod Parkway and Bradon For- kent & Shaw
ish people has helped to bring com- est Schools in aid of Operation
Middinlnaa,
fort and opportunity to some of Christmas Child to be sent for & Scan
the huge number of people in need. Bosnia, Armenia and Russia.