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    Nov 2020

    Last Updated: 25/11/2020
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    Help give homeless and elderly people free Christmas hampers

    by John Plummer

    | 25 Nov, 2020
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    The Wesley Chapel in Harrogate is raising money for hampers after covid prevented its Christmas meal — which it has provided for the last 35 years — from taking place.

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    The Wesley Chapel in Harrogate is fundraising to buy hampers for people who are alone this Christmas after covid prevented its usual lunch from taking place.

    For the past 35 years the Methodist chapel has provided Christmas day lunches for up to 100 people.

    All guests are offered a full Christmas dinner, entertainment, carol singing, and a snack before being transported home.

    It has given mainly elderly, lonely and homeless people not only a hot meal but also company.

    Now it has set up a crowdfunding campaign to buy a minimum of 120 hampers.

    Esther Hitchen, a volunteer helper for the Wesley Chapel, said:

    "Sadly, this year we are unable to provide a Christmas Day lunch due to the covid restrictions.
    "Instead, we are organising hampers, which will be delivered to the door of our guests on the 25th of December.
    "We hope it will brighten up their day and help them feel less alone this Christmas."


    Any funds that don't get used will go towards next year's Christmas dinner.

    You can support the appeal here.



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