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.
Approximately 360 cardboard tubes and yoghurt pots were donated by residents in Hamworthy East on Saturday 26th September. Gillian Taylor collected the most and won a £10 voucher from Frank Greenslade Ltd. The runner up was Katie Elliott who won a voucher from Cornucopia. All the yoghurt pots and cardboard tubes donated on the day were gratefully received by Simon Shave on behalf of Diverse Abilities.
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.
Celebrating Older People’s Day on 1 October, Poole Central Library organised a Full of Life Day at the library and invited organisations to have stands. We were there promoting our projects to visitors and other stall holders.
Monique and Recycling Ambassador Barbara, show off the latest issue of We Need That.
We’re delighted to announce that our nomination to The Oddfellows for a grant of £200 has been successful. We’ll receive the cheque at a presentation evening to be held on 21 November at Martinstown Village Hall.
Another parcel of biscuit wrappers will be making their way to Terracycle to be turned into new items such as pencil cases. These have been saved from going to landfill which is great. So is the fact that we’ll benefit financially too. Keep on munching!
Canford Heath’s next donation day is Saturday 10 October from 10-11am at the Coffee House Café. Residents are being asked to save the following items:
Milk bottle tops for Bournemouth Gateway Club
Aerosol can tops and small cardboard boxes for The Get-Togethers – a craft group on Turlin Moor
Newspapers/magazines/junk mail for Dorset Community Foundation
Items from cleaning products – all brands of pumps/caps from cleaning products, packaging from cleaning wipes, trigger heads, plastic air fresheners including the packaging and cartridges.
Hundreds of items were donated on Saturday 12 September by Canford Heath Win on Waste Group at the Coffee House Café. These included, bags of newspapers, cans, small cardboard boxes, biscuit wrappers, milk bottle tops, stamps and items from cleaning products.