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08

Nov 2022

Last Updated: 09/11/2022
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Commercial Street shops unite to sweeten Christmas for struggling families

by Vicky Carr

| 08 Nov, 2022
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Businesses on Commercial Street are inviting people to donate festive chocolates for three weeks, to hand over to Harrogate District Foodbank.

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A "mountain" of chocolate will be collected by a group of independent businesses in Harrogate to ensure everyone has treats to enjoy this Christmas.

The Commercial Street Retailers group is inviting people to donate festive chocolates for three weeks, to hand over to Harrogate District Foodbank.

It is the second year the businesses have united to organise the scheme and Sue Kramer, who owns Crown Jewellers, said she hopes they will do even better than last year:

"Last year, we got over 16 stones of chocolate, so we donated them in three parcels over a few weeks. It was a mountain of chocolate!
"It was amazing: heartwarming, humbling and absolutely incredible. It's a wonderful thing for people to do.
"This year, with everything else going on - the economic crisis, the cost of living etc - it's a wonderful thing do to again."


Any chocolates can be donated as long as they don't contain alcohol. Ms Kramer said everything from large tubs and selection boxes to chocolate biscuits is very welcome.



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Collection points will be open from Saturday, November 19 to Saturday, December 10, at five shops on Commercial Street: Foxy Vintage and Interiors, Harrogate Town AFC shop, White Rose Sewing, Curtain and Blind Design, and H Nail Club.

As an added incentive, anyone who donates chocolate by Saturday, December 2 will be given a raffle ticket, with five £10 vouchers on offer from the businesses on Commercial Street. Ms Kramer said the prizes would offer a helping hand to people shopping in the run-up to Christmas Eve.

Sue added:

"The foodbank get food donations, but they don't get things like chocolate because it is seen as a luxury.
"I can't bear to think of local families and particularly children not getting chocolate at Christmas. I really hope people will be generous again this year and make sure everyone has a treat to enjoy on Christmas Day."