The rain and wind didn’t stop Creekmoor residents taking in items they had been saving for good causes on Saturday 14 November.  In total they collected two carrier bags of milk bottle tops, one of biscuit wrappers, one-quarter bag of stamps, six of newspapers/magazines and junk mail and two of yoghurt pots.  All the items are needed by local charities.

L-R: Jo (from Creekmoor Library) and Sue (who collects milk bottle tops for Forest Holme Hospice) showing off some of the items which were donated on Saturday.

We celebrated our second birthday at our AGM on Tuesday 3rd November.  Here are our Trustees, Chris, Nick and Solveig and our little birthday cake!

A grand  total of 110 egg boxes and 7 pizza bases were donated to local charity, Holton Lee at Hamworthy Library on Saturday 31. This was the second Saturday of the Win on Waste project.  The person who brought along the most was Jill Peace and the runner up was Gail Angell.

Here’s Katrina Easthope from Holton Lee holding some of the egg boxes.

Last Christmas we helped Dorset Blind Association with their request for aluminium drink cans.  This year we thought with the amount of stamps received over the Christmas period,  asking people  to collect them for Lewis-Manning Hospice would be a good idea.  The stamps, like the cans, will help with Lewis-Manning’s fundraising.

Any used postage stamps can be taken to Lewis-Manning shops or to the Poole libraries mentioned on the poster.

Hamworthy East residents who have been taking part in their local  Win on Waste project will be taking their egg boxes and polystyrene pizza bases to Hamworthy Library on Saturday 31 October between 10.30 am and 12.30pm.  The items are needed by Holton Lee and the person donating the most, together with a runner up, will receive a prize.

Eight people popped into Creekmoor Library on Saturday 10th October with donations for good causes.  These included 1 bag each of biscuit wrappers, cardboard tubes, egg boxes and coffee jars.  There were 4 bags of newspapers and 4 bags of milk bottle tops.  The milk bottle tops were received by a volunteer who is collecting the tops on behalf of Forest Holme Hospice.  The next donation day will be Saturday 14 November from 11.30-12.30.

Thank you to the 12 people who came along to the Coffee House Café on Canford Heath on Saturday 10 October and donated the following items: two bags of milk bottle tops, seven bags of newspapers, one bag of cleaning products, one bag of small cardboard boxes and one of biscuit wrappers.  All of which are going to good causes.

Helena Sinclair, fundraiser with Dorset Blind Association received 10 bags of crushed aluminium drink cans which had been saved and donated by a variety of people including residents in Creekmoor and Canford Heath.  The charity asked for the cans in order to help with their fundraising.

Monique and Barbara receive a cheque from the manager at Tesco Extra, Fleetsbridge, Poole on Tuesday 6th October.  The cheque for £658 is the funding for our Win on Waste – Hamworthy East project which is currently running.