UKRAINE APPEAL: Meltham Shoebox Team – Day 1: We have had a wonderful start to our appeal and amazed at just how much has been donated already. We couldn’t fill the cartons without the great support that we receive from the people of Meltham and surrounding areas.
Thank you to Morrisons, the Co-op and the Crossroads Centre for acting as Drop-Off points in Meltham and to W.H Brown in Holmfirth.
Thank you to all those who have donated items which has made Day 1 such a brilliant start to the week. We are looking forward to Day 2 and all the donations that we anticipate will be brought to our Drop-Off Points.
PLEASE HELP US IN ORDER THAT, TOGETHER, WE CAN DO OUR BIT FROM MELTHAM TO HELP THE OVER 2 MILLION UKRAINIAN REFUGEES.
Ok folks; please share this with your friends and neighbours…….. We have until Thursday night to fill a large van. Collection points at Morrisons and the CO-OP in Meltham. It’s a very time-limited appeal, as the collecting bin and shopping trolley will be there for just a few days. Financial donations can be dropped off at the Crossroads Centre or Crossroads Shop. The shop will be donating a weeks takings to the Huddersfield Ukraine Association.
Below is a list of required items if you wish to donate:
Blankets (good condition) Torches and BatteriesNappies, baby wipes and disposable gloves Sanitary / Hygiene products Crayons and colouring books First aid kitsHair brushes (new) Toothbrushes and toothpaste Toiletries i.e. soap, shampoo Bandages (new) Non-prescription pain killers Non-perishable food i.e. pasta, rice, sugar, pulses, packet soup (best before date 6 months) Socks and underwear all age (new).
PLEASE NOTE! – No tins or baby formula and no clothes or footwear.
We are also asking people to sponsor a carton for £5. This will help with the transport costs. The easiest way to do this is by text message – text UKRAINE followed by your donation amount to 70460 e.g. UKRAINE5 to donate £5 or drop off at the Crossroads centre or shop.
Donations are being sorted on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2pm at St James’ Church – Meltham Mills. Help is required if you are able to offer any, please go along and join the team.
Teams4U is a charity supported by the Meltham Shoebox Project. They are sending a lorry to the Ukraine border with Romania. Here in #Meltham, we are hoping to send a van to the Teams4U headquarters in Wrexham on Friday 11th March. Below is a list of required items if you wish to donate:
Blankets (good condition) Torches and Batteries Nappies, byb wipes and disposable gloves Sanitary / Hygiene products Crayons and colouring books First aid kits Hair brushes (new) Toothbrushes and toothpaste Toiletries i.e. soap, shampoo Bandages (new) Non-prescription pain killers Non-perishable food i.e. pasta, rice, sugar, pulses, packet soup (best before date 6 months) Socks and underwear all age (new).
PLEASE NOTE! – No tins or baby formula and no clothes or footwear.
We are also asking people to sponsor a carton for £5. This will help with the transport costs. The easiest way to do this is by text message – text UKRAINE followed by your donation amount to 70460 e.g. UKRAINE5 to donate £5.
DROP OFF POINTS ARE CROSSROADS CHARITY SHOP, MORRISONS AND CO-OP in Meltham. WH BROWN in Holmfirth have also offered to be a drop off point for anyone unable to get to Meltham.
Thank you to everyone who has already donated and those who have pledged support, it’s greatly appreciated.
Meltham Churches Together Lent Groups start w/c 7th March 2022. All welcome to join any of the groups which will be held at the following times and locations:
Monday evenings – 7:30pm Crossroads Centre (starting 14th March) Tuesday afternoons – 2pm St. Bartholomew’s Church Wednesday mornings – 11am Methodist Church Thursday afternoons – 2pm Baptist Church
Christians in many traditions attend Church services on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, in which many choose to be marked with ash, made from burnt palm branches, in the sign of a cross on their forehead. A short and reflective service of Holy Communion with ashing will take place at St Bartholomew’s in Meltham at 7:30pm. ALL WELCOME.
UKRAINE APPEAL: You can donate today by TEXT. TEXT UKRAINE followed by your donation amount to 70460 to give that amount of money e.g. UKRAINE10 to donate £10.
We are supporting the Teams4U Ukraine appeal. T4U are our established partners of the Meltham Shoebox effort and have people on the ground in Eastern Europe and on the Polish border supplying food bags and essentials to those fleeing from Ukraine.
They are buying food and medicine for families to survive during the crisis in Ukraine.
Just £7.50 can support 1 household with the essentials!
All donations are being sent directly to their partners in the country who are doing daily distributions to the elderly, and to the women and children who are on their own, without income or support.
If you want to help, you can donate directly via the T4U website https://teams4u.com/ukraine-appeal/ or we have setup a TEXT donation scheme from the Meltham Parish.
TEXT UKRAINE followed by your donation amount to 70460 to give that amount of money e.g. UKRAINE10 to donate £10.
Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message. You will be asked if you want to allow us to claim gift aid on your donation.
All donations we receive, plus any gift aid will be provided to Teams4U via BACS transfer.
Whilst preparing this month’s long awaited edition of the #Meltham Parish magazine, it’s great to see how much things are now starting to emerge again after the restrictions of the past two years. On the centre pages are the weekly services and Lent courses available. The Women’s fellowship at St Bart’s (pg 11) & Helme (pg 19). On the back pages, so you can see in colour the gifts received, as we say a big Thank You to Rev’d Peter Rolls for all he has done in the Parish.
Thank you to all who have contributed to this issue; it really wouldn’t be the newsletter it is without your input. All contributions are considered both big and small.
The next deadline for the April magazine will be: Monday 14th March 2022 Please send them via: melthamparishmagazine@gmail.com or via the vicarage letterbox. (150 Huddersfield Rd, HD9 4AL)
On Thursday, both Archbishops issued a pastoral letter to the clergy and people of the Church of England, calling on them to pray for peace in Ukraine.
They wrote: “This attack is an act of evil, imperilling as it does the relative peace and security that Europe has enjoyed for so long.
“The attack by one nation on a free, democratic country has rightly provoked outrage, sanctions, and condemnation.
“We lament with the people of Ukraine, and we pray for the innocent, the frightened and those who have lost loved ones, homes, and family.
“We continue to call for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces as well as wide-ranging efforts to ensure peace, stability and security.”
