Nottinghamshire supermarket raises money for Ollerton church foodbank
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Heron Foods has successfully raised a staggering £1,300 in just two weeks by selling saving stamps that have been donated to The Lifespring Centre, which is acting as a foodbank and first responders for folk struggling for food or isolating during the pandemic.
The retailer’s Newark branch has also raised £200 to buy Easter eggs, bringing the total to an impressive £1,500 donated to the church on Sherwood Drive in the town.
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Hide AdKelly Jones, store manager, said: “The idea came to me to sell the saving stamps to customers and the completed savings cards were donated to Lifespring so they could come into store and purchase the much-needed resources to help people in need.
"We were delighted with the response.
"We presented the money on March 1 with all the cards we have filled, and they used them to purchase a huge amount of essentials.”
Mike and Liz Phillips, senior pastors at Lifespring Church, said they were delighted with Heron and its shoppers’ generosity.
“We just want to a huge thank you to Heron for initiating this fundraising project,” they said.
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Hide Ad"The response has been absolutely amazing and we are thrilled to be in such a generous community.
"Over the last year we have provided more than 123,000 meals across Ollerton and District and Warsop Parish.
"This could never have been achieved without the support of people and organisations, like Heron, in our communities rising up to the immense challenge we faced.
"Thank you just doesn’t seem enough.”