Care home workers pack shoppers' bags to raise cash for soup kitchen

Care workers from a Hartlepool-based care home have been manning the checkouts at a Tesco supermarket and spent a day packing shoppers’ groceries to raise cash to feed local homeless.

The staff from the Queens Meadow Care Home collected £375 from generous shoppers after helping them pack their bags to raise much-needed funds for a soup kitchen.

Queens Meadow Care Home manager Julie Armstrong, activities coordinator Debbie Wilkes and her grandson joined care worker Kat Slater and her daughter and housekeeper Mandy Bland who was with her children and mother-in-law.

Care home manager Julie Armstrong said: “The bag pack was to raise funds for the homeless and St Aiden’s soup kitchen, as we regularly work with this community organisation.

“Queens Meadow Care Home is a drop-off point for donations to the soup kitchen and we try to help in any other way we can."

Queens Meadow Care Home is part of the Hill Care Group.

The care workers were joined by volunteers from St Aiden’s Church, which operates the soup kitchen to help Hartlepool's homeless.

Ms Armstrong added: “Our activities coordinator, Debbie, thought it would be good to raise extra funds for them by doing the bag pack and I’m delighted to say it was a huge success.

“Anyone who would like to support the St Aiden’s Church soup kitchen can drop off any donations at the home, which will go a long way to helping Hartlepool’s homeless.”

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