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  • About Us
    • Meet the RFA Team
    • Our Supporters
    • Contact Us
    • Newsletters
    • Policies & Procedures
  • How to Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Donate Toys
    • Volunteer
  • Our Blog
  • 2020 Diary
  • Toys & Teens Appeal
  • Family outings
    • Our Big Summer Outing
    • Fun Days at Camp Mohawk
Toys & Teens Appeal 2014 - Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who volunteered and everyone who donated toys and gifts to our Toys & Teens Appeal in 2014.

Once again you helped us collect toys and gifts for children aged 0-16 years, whose families do not have the means to give their children the Happy Christmas which more fortunate children enjoy.

The Reading Chronicle are once again lent their support and helped us raise the profile of such a worthwhile cause.

Many, many thanks to everyone who helped make 2014's  appeal so successful. With your help we were able to support over 1,500 children from 648 families in the Reading area, next year we hope to reach even more families

Thanks also go to our major appeal sponsors Big Yellow Self Storage, Waitrose Caversham,  Austin Logistics, Rabbits Vehicle Hire, Interserve, Royal Bank of Scotland and JACK FM Berkshire.  We couldn't do it without your help!

Not forgetting many individual volunteers who gave up their time to help out, there were 130 of you in total and 14 van drivers who covered over 600 miles.

Below are some pictures of the sorting process and our amazing volunteers - thank you! 

You can still help, by donating money on our Localgiving page, we are always raising money for our appeal and for summer outings that we arrange for families.

And you can also continue to donate toys all year round: please contact us and we will arrange a collection.

PictureMonday morning - The toys are unpacked and laid out.



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Our volunteers built this fort that was kindly donated to check it had all the pieces. This would have made a child's Christmas day.
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What a wonderful sight - a hall full of toys! By Monday afternoon we're ready to start packing. Each volunteer is given a family sack and off they go to fill it with toys, choosing carefully to pick the right gifts for the children in each family. When they've filled their first sack, it's back to the office to collect another... and another...
PictureHere are just a few of the lovely toys which were donated

PictureWaitrose in Caversham kindly "lent" us members of their staff to help. Thank you so much, we couldn't do this without you.

PictureTuesday morning and Reading Mayor, Councillor Tony Jones helps the team from Reading Family Aid to sort the toys.

PictureWednesday morning - and the sorting and packing goes on. But by the end of the day every last sack has been filled. Until next year...

PictureCouncillor Tony Jones meeting the team behind the scenes who are ensuring that all the children are allocated toys and logistic are in place.




A big thank you to all the volunteers featured in these photos, who helped distribute toys and gifts to over 1,500 Reading children in 2014.

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Reading Family Aid Group     Registered Charity No. 1022144    Phone 07930 033413

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