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    13

    Apr 2022

    Last Updated: 13/04/2022
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    Free Easter chicks delight Bilton kids during Holy Week

    by John Plummer

    | 13 Apr, 2022
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    Members of Bilton Grange United Reformed Church leave out 20 knitted chicks for children to take for free each morning.

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    Churchgoers in Bilton have delighted children each day during Holy Week by giving away free Easter chicks.

    Members of Bilton Grange United Reformed Church have knitted 165 chicks and leave about 20 on the hedge outside the church each morning.

    Each one contains a message saying, 'Please take this free gift'.

    Bilton Grange United Reformed Church free chicks

    The volunteers have run similar community-minded initiatives during other Christian festivals. For instance, they have put out angels at Christmas and doves at Whitsun to spread joy.

    The gifts are knitted at their social gatherings.

    Norma Trotter, who is one of the volunteers, said:

    "There's so many sad things going on in the world so we just hope it will raise a smile and make some children happy.
    "It gives us pleasure to make them happy and it spreads the Easter message. If you do good you feel good."


    The chicks will appear on the hedge at the junction of Skipton Road and Woodfield Road every morning until Easter Sunday.



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