- November 26, 2024
Dear Parents & Carers,
Last year, the Christmas hampers were such a resounding success that we’d like to do it again. As a school community, and as we approach the festive season, we understand that times are tough for some. As a school, we would like to do something to help.
A mum sent this email to the school when a hamper was delivered to her family at Christmas last year:
I just wanted to say thank you for our hamper. I'm writing this through tears as I had just that morning been in Aldi to get bread, toilet roll and some beans and had to put the beans back because money had run out... I’m poorly at the moment and had just fallen asleep when these two beautiful humans knocked on. We live so far away and I'm so grateful for the journey they made! I was so disorientated when I answered the door...I made sure and gave them a hug each and to say thank you, but it was a blur!! So please tell them thank you, and that you all have no idea how much this helped Xmas...all I need to do now is get some mince and chicken and we can all have a nice (non-frozen meal) Xmas day meal each! They all shared the bag of sweets tonight; they were all very excited! Thankyou thankyou thankyou to everyone who donated, asked for donations, made them up and helped get them delivered xxx
As with last years campaign, we would like all the children of our school to get involved in helping us to make hampers for the community.
Each form will be given a hamper bag and we would like, if possible, for each child to bring in one item from a list (or more if they are able) to put in their forms bag. We would love your support with this. If you are able to, please could you send your child with one of the items on the list (see below). Form teachers will cross off the list as we go so that all the hampers are roughly the same.
Last Christmas we were able to send out hampers to over 25 families (2 bags per family) and gave approximately 10 bags to the local food bank. With 50 forms in our school containing some 1,300 students, our goal last year was 50 hampers. With your help and generosity, we exceeded this target and our aim this year is to do even better.
We would love it if all the students could get involved in some way. It will be a wonderful feeling that they, as a form, can see the efforts of their hard work and know that they are providing some much-needed support for members of our community.
If you know any businesses that would like to get involved, please pass them the school’s details and we would be happy to discuss any help they are willing to offer.
Thank you for your support.
Mrs Heywood.
Items wanted:
- Tea
- Coffee
- Hot Chocolate
- UHT Milk
- Baked Beans (x4)
- Tins of tomatoes
- Tins of Vegetables
- Tins of Spaghetti
- Dry Pasta
- Pasta Sauce
- Cordial (Not fizzy drinks)
- Biscuits
- Sweets (Not individual)
- Cheese Crackers
- Part baked vacuum packed bread
- Mince Pies
- Chocolate
- Porridge Oats
- Tins of Custard
- Tinned meat (e.g. Corned Beef)
- Tinned Ham
- Tinned Tuna
- Tinned Potatoes
- Hotdogs
- Rice
Where to donate items:
Donated items can be dropped off at the following locations:
Fred Longworth High School,
Printshop Lane,
Tyldesley,
M29 8JN
or
Clippers,
90 Elliott Street,
Tyldesley,
M29 8JF