North
Belfast conference raises £1,410 packing groceries
in newly opened Marks & Spencer store in Newtownabbey.
Ten members of the Newington branch were invited by the
Manager of the M&S Store at the Abbeycentre (Maureen
Hale) to help pack customer groceries at the food hall checkouts
recently.
The
volunteers beavered away from 10am to 4pm filling hundreds
of bags of groceries. Generous customers donated a total
of £575 into their collection boxes.
Thanking
Marks & Spencer, conference president Martin Salmon
said -
"We
are sincerely thankful to the Manager and staff for all
their kind assistance; letting us use their facilities
and staff canteen. The money raised here today will go
directly to assisting people in need in our parish, especially
since our church is being re-built and funding has dried-up".
