Mustard Seed [
Registered Charity in
Cardiff House, La Ruette du Coin Varin, St Peter, Jersey JE3 7EJ
Telephone: 01534 482637 [International +44 1534...] ~ www.mustardseedjersey.co.uk ~
Coordinator:
Rose Helie-Pallot
29th
November 2014
Letters to
the Editor
Jersey
Evening Post
Dear Sir:
Just before I
head off to Romania to distribute Mustard Seed Jersey Christmas shoeboxes, may
I take this opportunity to thank the public of Jersey who have made this possible. As well as sending 3111 shoeboxes (that was the
final number, including the very late ones!) we have been able to send
blankets, warm clothing, waterproof footwear, etc.
Firstly we
say “thank you” to all who packed a shoebox, to the media for publicising this
appeal, to the Constables and Parish Hall staff, also Les Quennevais
Sports Centre and the Entertainer for allowing us to use their premises as
collection places and the volunteer collectors, checkers, loaders, drivers and
other general helpers. Without you all, this appeal would not have happened.
Secondly we
thank the knitters who have made so many wonderful blankets, hats, scarves,
etc. often knitting for us throughout the year – in various day care centres,
residential homes, other groups and many individuals. We thank you not just for
your gift of wool, skill and the resulting warmth but for the love and care
that has gone into them all.
We thank
Marcus Sutton of Sutton Transport Services Ltd for his on-going help, and Tony
of Channel Island Tyre Company as they both help keep our aid trailer in good
running order. We thank Condorferries Freight for the
generous discount on the sea crossing to St Malo for
the aid trailer. We thank TTS for their help. We say “Merci
beaucoup” to Sarl Garage Godard in Brittany for the
free use of a tractor unit to pull our aid trailer and to volunteers in France
for their help each time. We thank the German road tolls BAG for exempting us
from paying HGV toll in Germany as we carry humanitarian aid.
Without the
support of islanders this trip would not be possible, we thank those who
support financially and those who support in prayer. Our continuing thanks to
our collection places All Saints Church, St Peters Church, St Marys Church, St Lukes Church and to the volunteers who collect from there,
also to Holme Grown Farm Shop for their help on our
east of island collection days. We thank
our landlords for free use of premises, Vernon Helie
and The Seymour Group of Hotels.
To each who
has contributed in any way a very sincere THANK YOU and we trust that you have
great joy and peace in your life this Christmas time.
Rose Helie-Pallot
Founder and
coordinator