Cheer up lads for Christmas.CHRISTMAS presents for our lads at the frontline are being collected on Tyneside. Wallsend Sea Cadets and Wallsend Cats Protection Cats Protection, formerly The Cats Protection League, is a UK charity dedicated to rescuing and re-homing stray, unwanted or homeless cats. The organisation was founded as The Cats Protection League on May 16, 1927 at a meeting at Caxton Hall in London. League are both taking donations for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, shower gel shower gel shower n → gel m douche , deodorant deodorant /de·odor·ant/ (de-o´der-int) 1. masking offensive odors. 2. an agent that so acts. de·o·dor·ant n. and sweets - to take away the taste of the sand - are being collected. Home help Linden Sillence, 52, of Wallsend has been doing her bit to help the brave lads. She has been collecting items from the old folk on her rounds and also asking for goods from local shops and businesses. "I saw the funeral of one of the young lads on the TV, and it just broke my heart to think he was coming home in a coffin," she explained. "I just wanted to do something to help them. If everyone can donate just a few bits and pieces it will make a big difference." Donations should be dropped off at the centres by December 4 in order to be boxed up and posted out in time for Christmas. |
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