Shoeboxes – Mission accomplished – or nearly
After the guided tour and lunch at the Museum of
English Rural Life on 22nd , President Tim, and members Roger,
Simon, Janet, Graham, Tony, Richard and Jack packed 100 Shoeboxes with
toiletries for families in and near Chisinau, the capital of Moldova,
just 50k from the Ukrainian border. Shoeboxes UK can obviously no longer
deliver direct into Ukraine. We sourced the items from an online wholesaler,
Amazon and Morrisons at very competitive prices and should be under budget.
The pallet was loaded with 184 boxes which included 50
from Abbey Rotary, thanks to Greg Wilkinson’s initiative, 25 from 103rd
Reading Scouts and the remainder from individual members.
It was fun packing the boxes and hopefully a good
result for the end user.
I hope the Club will agree funding in 2025
JH