Jedediah thanks John O’Conner for delivering charity’s largest weekly drop of food bags
Hertford
Bunny (left)* and Dean* load the last bags before heading to Luton (Bunny & Dean are in a bubble)
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Almost 700 food bags went to Luton schools today thanks to
John O’Conner Ground Maintenance , a St Albans-based
company. John O’Conner responded to food charity
Jedediah’s call for help from businesses who have vans
they can spare for a few hours a week. Employees Dean
and Bunny (pictured) were at the charity’s base camp,
Bengeo Club, Hertford, bright and early with one of their
company’s large vans to collect a mountain of bags for
delivery. Packed by Jedediah weekly, these food bags
have provided a much-needed lifeline for families in
these straitened times: 60 schools across Herts, Beds & Merseyside are
now signed up for a regular bag of food for families in need
.
Charity founder, Cynthia Stroud, said she could not thank John O’Conner Ground
Maintenance enough for stepping up as the charity’s deliveries have got bigger and bigger. “We started small, but we now serve 2300 families (and growing), and we are immensely grateful for local companies who have vans and manpower to get the bulkier deliveries out in a timely way.”
If you own a van or think you can help pack and distribute the food, then go to Jedediah.org.uk to learn more about what the charity is all about or contact Cynthia on food@jedidiah.org.uk
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