Volunteers have Xmas wrapped up

MIRFIELD Christmas Appeal proved a big hit again this year with plenty of kind-hearted folk buying an extra gift for the many elderly and lonely people living in the town.

The appeal has become a big event in Mirfield after getting off to a great start last year with people donating gifts and volunteers taking part in a mass wrapping session. The presents were then delivered to the needy and lonely.

Last Saturday community volunteers enjoyed wrapping presents at Christ the King Church, Stocks Bank Road, Mirfield. Organiser Helen McKechnie said: “This year’s appeal was inspired by our fantastic success last year. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of Mirfield people with the gifts they have donated and all the time spent wrapping and delivering gifts.

“Supermarkets around the area have donated and children from Year 8 at Mirfield Free Grammar School wrote the gift tags.

“It all began with last year’s John Lewis Man on the Moon TV advert when Clare put a message on Facebook asking if people would donate a gift. We then formed a committee which consists of myself, Clare Moorhouse, Kirsty Bland and Victoria Wallin.

“Last year’s response blew us away but this year we were unsure how it would be received. We were not disappointed. Hearing how touched the elderly residents of Mirfield were melted my heart.”