Bloor Homes sets up donation station for Thame Food Bank
With a shocking 4 million Brits* now turning to food banks for support, Bloor Homes has set up a donation station at its Thame Meadows development in Thame and its Windmill Chase development in Chinnor, where it will collect donations for the local Thame Food Bank
Running from the start of November until mid-December, the family owned developer is encouraging local residents to bring non-perishable items including cereal, pasta, rice, coffee/tea and tinned produce down to the development, where it will collect donations before delivering them to Bedford Food Bank before Christmas.
Sales Director for Bloor Homes South Midlands, Vanessa Macnee, comments: At Bloor Homes we are committed to supporting the communities in which we build and are therefore delighted to be able to help the nearby Bedford Food Bank which does such valuable work within the local area.
The statistics show a sharp increase in the number of families who are relying on the support of food banks**. As we approach winter and the festive period we would therefore encourage people to think about those who aren't as fortunate as they are and donate what they can to help people in need within the local area
The Bloor Homes donation station will be set up in the marketing suites at Thame Meadows and Windmill Chase, where a full list of items which can be donated will also be displayed or you can find the list below.
- Packet of breakfast cereal (large or small)
- UHT milk (semi-skimmed or whole) 1 litre pack
- Tinned soup
- Fruit juice, longlife (1 litre carton)
- Bottle of fruit squash
- 500g pack of pasta (check website as often over supplied)
- Jar of pasta sauce
- Tin of baked beans or spaghetti (check website as above)
- 500g / 1kg packet of long grain rice
- Tinned vegetables
- Tinned fish (e.g. tuna, sardines, salmon)
- Teabags (40s/80s)
- Jar of instant coffee
- Potato (tinned or instant mash)
- Tinned meat or meat meal (e.g. steak & kidney)
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned rice pudding
- Sugar (500g bag)
- Packet of biscuits (sweet or savoury)
- Jar of jam or honey
- Pack of washing machine powder or tablets
- Sanitary towels/Tampons