the give a child a toy at christmas appeal

[mr ben]

Hi everyone , just had a thought on my way home from work and as its that time of year i thought it might be a good idea to prick a few peoples concience and give those people who dont know the heads up on an appeal which most areas run, all you have to do is buy an extra toy at xmas and hand it in ( unwrapped ) to a designated shop or store in your area.

Now i know for Liverpool you hand in your gift at any " sayers " shop on merseyside.

And for the Lanceshire area you use any " spar " shop.

I myself have heard this plea year on year and have never got up of my lazy arse and done anything about it so this year thats going to change !!!!!

You dont have to spend much and if you think what joy you are going to bring some poor little child on christmas day, i think you'll agree it would be worth it

If your not from any of the areas above i'm sure all local radio stations are running a similar schemes and if you tune in you can find out where to take your toys.

Anyway nice one for reading and if one of you buys an extra toy it'll be worth it

I'm not sure if any of the mods can make this post a sticky ? personally i think it would be worth while

[murfso]

i have no kids and u can always make some kid smile on chrimbo day so id be up for donating a present

[Shooms]

Great idea Warren

[tag]

yeah spot on waz great idea to make it sticky post over xmas period,heard this meself on the radio and that but never got round to it,sheilas gonna drop summit in on our behalfs like whilst im away

tag

[T.C]

Good call mate

I've also done it before with tins of dog food for the rescue centre animal charities

[Dj Doddy]

Spot On ill do my bit 2 help Cheers For bringing this 2 my attention Mr.ben

[Mr Radish]

Warren, consider it done mate. . . .great idea.

My mum fills a shoe box with presents every year through church and they get sent to Romanian orphanage's.

Often she gets a letter of thank's back from the young recipient which is enough to make you cry.

They appreciate it so much because often it's all they have in the world .. it's like treasure to them.

Warren, well done for posting this mate.

T.C. We always give dog food to local dogs homes at Christmas too! Another great cause IMO.

[Shooms]

Originally Posted by mr ben

Now i know for Liverpool you hand in your gift at any " sayers " shop on merseyside.

And for the Lanceshire area you use any " spar " shop.

Just to point out I shall be handing in my gifts to Waitrose. Or possibly Fortnums & Masons.

You pikey bastards

[Shooms]

& while we're at it....

At school we used to do crimble food parcels for the OAPs... not heard of this being advertised recently Do we no longer care about our elderly ?

[mr ben]

Originally Posted by Mr Radish

Warren, consider it done mate. . . .great idea.

My mum fills a shoe box with presents every year through church and they get sent to Romanian orphanage's.

Often she gets a letter of thank's back from the young recipient which is enough to make you cry.

They appreciate it so much because often it's all they have in the world .. it's like treasure to them.

Warren, well done for posting this mate.

T.C. We always give dog food to local dogs homes at Christmas too! Another great cause IMO.

just thought to myself id heard it a lot on the radio but it kind of goes in one ear and out the other when your driving and it dosent really register ......

if this helps people remember then job done

[bettyboo]

aww top 1 wazza i do it all the time but with second hand decent stuff that my kids dont need, i give them them 2 the resorce centre, they then go 2 unfortunate kids that are in homes and dont have much 2 look forward 2 at christmas

[T.C]

Originally Posted by Shooms

& while we're at it....

At school we used to do crimble food parcels for the OAPs... not heard of this being advertised recently Do we no longer care about our elderly ?

we used to send them at Harvest Festival, dont think we did at Christmas though, cant remember

good idea though!

[biggz]

this is a must peps. i have been on this 4 the last 4 yrs. just think of the diff you can make @ crimbo. wile you r shelling out all of your cash on your kids every yr just think about all them kids who have fck all. just 1 prezy thats it! it could be the prezy that your kid opens & cast's aside. this gift could mean so much 2 some1 who has fck all. pls give.

[nics]

lovin the idea warren!!

radish.....we do the same thing with the romanian orphans though a woman in work, we fill a shoe box with all kinds of random stuff for either a male or female and in 3 diffo age groups and put in it either toiletries or little games colouring books and them little travel games etc...and it costs ya less than a tenner

it makes so much differance and everybody goes overboard anyway at christmas so ya mayaswell shell out a few extra quid for a little nipper thats never had the pleasure of a decent crimbo all their life

i shall donate my old crack pipe......still a few tokes left in the ole bugger yet oh, and a half bottle of wrongbow

[sweet sensation]

Originally Posted by Shooms

& while we're at it....

At school we used to do crimble food parcels for the OAPs... not heard of this being advertised recently Do we no longer care about our elderly ?

why are you getting hungry?