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SUMMARY:Harvest Festival
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DESCRIPTION:We will be celebrating Harvest with Harvest Festival services 
 on Sunday 1 October at St Mary’s Runwell (9.30 am)\, St Andrew’s Wickf
 ord (10.00 am)\, and St Catherine’s Wickford (11.00 am). As usual all Ha
 rvest donations will go to the Food Bank in Wickford (The Gateway Project)
 .\n\nThe Food Bank in Wickford has been operating for 10-years. Demand for
  its services has more than trebled since March 2020. On average each week
  it helps around 50 households. These numbers are expected to rise during 
 the autumn and winter 2023/2024.\n\nThe Food Bank is supported through reg
 ular donations of tinned and packaged good. Many of these come from reside
 nts of our town\, church members from our local churches\, Coop supermarke
 ts\, local shoppers\, local businesses and school Harvest Festivals. The F
 ood Bank also collects and redistributes unsold fresh food “end of day
 ” items from a few local retail stores.\n\nThe Food Bank would be gratef
 ul for donations in the following categories: Tinned meat\; Tinned fish\; 
 Tinned fruit\; Long-life milk\; Tea\; Coffee\; Tinned vegetables\; Tinned 
 potatoes\; Tinned tomatoes\; Pasta sauce\; Jam\; and Marmalade. They are a
 lso grateful to receive donations of toiletry items - shower gel\, deodora
 nt\, shampoo\, toothpaste and toothbrushes\, and feminine hygiene products
 .\n\nA huge ‘Thank You’ to all who support the Wickford Food Bank.
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LOCATION:Runwell: St Mary
URL:https://wickfordandrunwellparish.org.uk/whats-on.html
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