Two local charities benefit from Sainsbury's Telford support
A year’s worth of fundraising and awareness support from Sainsbury’s Telford has made a huge difference to the Salvation Army Oakengates Corps and the KIP Project in Wellington.
Thanks to generous donations from customers, the store has announced they have raised £3100 in total. On Thursday 29th May 2014, colleagues from the store, including Store Manager Rob Hillman celebrated the successful partnership by presenting a cheque and donating food for food parcels to Majors Julian and Julia Rowley from the Oakengates Corps.
Store Manager Rob Hillman said “Our colleagues have really enjoyed working with The Salvation Army Oakengates and the KIP project Wellington and it’s certainly touched the hearts of many of them that before didn’t necessary have a direct link to them. We know what an important part they play in the community and we hope the year-long partnership has helped remind our customers of the valuable service they provide in the Telford area. Thanks to the partnership, we’ll certainly now be looking into ways we can support them in the future”.
Customers now have the chance to vote for a Local Charity to be Sainsbury’s Telford new Local Charity Partner. Voting takes place from 28th May to 8th June, while customers can also vote online by going to www.sainsburys.co.uk/localcharity.
A shortlist of nominations will be drawn up after the closing date and the store’s colleagues will then invite the three charities that they feel best fit the needs of the community into store to talk about how Sainsbury’s can support them. The chosen charity will be selected based on the reasons given and the store will announce their chosen charity in July.
