Who cares?

Time and again we are asked, "why do you do what you do"
The common perception is that most people who fall on hard times are soley to blame for their situation, not true at all.

We had a lady contact us to ask for help with some food for a relative, she didnt have to go into as much detail as she chose to, however it transpired that the man she needed help for his daughter had so sadly taken her own life in the most tragic of circumstances.
The man had not only to deal with the grief of losing his beloved daughter but also had to deal with the reality that he was £5 per week over the cut of point for qualifying for help with the funeral costs.
The family were doing all the could to help but they were also feeling the strain and couldnt do everything.

It was approaching Christmas 2011 and I dont know if others will agree that any tragedy is magnified when it is near to Christmas, we really felt for this family.

We provided food that would see him through a week which was so gratefully received when collected by the lady who had contacted us.

On Christmas eve we were so busy(thats a whole now story) in the middle of the mayhem we took a call from a man who was out shopping with his family and for whatever reason he had decided that he wanted to provide a full dinner with all the trimmings for a family and asked if we could find a family that would appreciate it, oh yes we could certainly do that.
We contacted the family and they were completely overwhelmed, the huge box of food which included absolutely everything they could need and more arrived at approx 1pm on Christmas eve and by 2pm it was collected.
We recieved an email some days later to say that they had had a lovely family Christmas dinner and that they were as a family looking forward rather than back, what a lovely email that was.