Co-op's bit for armed forces.KIND-HEARTED staff at a Bedworth Bedworth (bĕd`wərth), town (1991 pop. 41,991), Warwickshire, central England. Located in a former coal-mining region, it is a residential and industrial town in the district of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Brickmaking is the major economic activity. travel shop hope customers help brighten up Christmas Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks after Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany (Jan. 6). for the armed forces in Afghanistan. Caroline Bentley-Showell, operations manager See datacenter manager. of Co-op Travel, and colleagues Lydia McPhilimey, Stacey Marshall, Tracey Armitage and Stacey Peach want to collect goods for the charity Support Our Soldiers. They want customers to bring in unwanted items to help top up parcels being sent, and to donate shoeboxes and wrapping papers. Caroline said: "Something as small as packs of sweets, or biscuits, or shower gels and razors are affordable to almost anyone. This way it just helps them know we're thinking about them." Donations can be dropped off at the High Street shop up to November 21. |
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