IN PICTURES: Appeal helps to feed the lonely and vulnerable over Christmas
The collection, at Martin’s Produce, Norwood Yard, was organised by the Rev Steve Holland, from Boston Baptist Church, on behalf of the Buckingham Emergency Food Appeal.
Boston organisations who collected the free food including the Baptist church, the Salvation Army, Centenery Methodist Church, Centrepoint Outreach and Boston Women’s Aid.
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Hide AdThe food, which contains all the ingredients necessary for a festive Christmas dinner, will be used for meals for the elderly, lonely and vulnerable and food parcels for the homeless.
Rev Holland told The Standard the food, which is paid for by a national fundraising effort by BEFA which this year raised £43,000 for their appeal, is a ‘relief’ for charities.
“They want to provide something that can be expensive,” he explained.
“So to get the assistance we are able to offer just gives them a boost because they can use those vital funds for other services which they provide.”
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Hide AdThe BEFA appeal has been running in Boston for four years and in that time has distributed more than 70 tonnes of food.
Any charity or community organisation can take part in the BEFA appeal, the only caveat being that because the food is provided for free it must be given away for free.
Rev Holland thanked everyone who supported the initiative, including haulier company Martin’s Produce which collected the food for free and allowed the charity to use a warehouse for storage and distribution.
For more information call 01205 358699.