Reverse Advent Calendar

I’m sure we’re all familiar with the typical advent calendar where you open a window each day of Advent and receive a little message, image or, more usually nowadays, a little treat.

We would like to turn this idea on its head with a Reverse Advent Calendar where you give rather than receive.  The idea is that we would like you to buy an item for the Foodbank for each day of advent (or as many as you can manage) and then bring them to our Christmas Gift Service on 21 December, though we will accept items on any Sunday in Advent which begins on Sunday 30th November.  We will publish a list of items particularly in demand at the moment in Church News, in the next magazine and on our website, though you are not limited to these.

There is a calendar below with some suggestions of what to buy but don’t feel you have to stick to these exactly – it’s just a guide.

Feel free to add some Christmassy items too, though if doing so, please try to bring these donations as early as possible so that they can be distributed in time for Christmas.

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