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THIS shot taken in 2012 shows the team at the Salvation Army Greenock HQ with just a fraction of the toys donated to them for their annual Christmas Toy Appeal.

This year’s appeal is in full swing and donations of a gift for a girl or boy can be made at Regent Street and Tesco stores.

SCHOOLGIRL Skye McCabe is well known for her production of Reindeer Food that she sells in Greenock’s Tesco to generate funds for the purchase of toys for children less fortunate.

Skye was photographed at the store with workers from the Inverclyde Foodbank in 2016.

EARLY indications suggest online shopping and sales in shops are holding up well in the face of the recent economic challenges.

However, with all that’s going on in the world these days, people are also taking the Christmas message of generosity and charity to their hearts, as the need for foodbanks and donation of

MORAG Collins and Morag Marshall posed up for this shot with just some of the hundreds of toys that were donated by a generous Inverclyde public for a Salvation Army collection in 1998.

ST Patrick’s Primary School pupil Cassie Murphy decided to take matters into her own hands after seeing images of starving children on toys and clothing is greater now than ever before.

Here are some pictures that remind us of the true meaning of Christmas.

LEFT, Inverclyde Police are seen in this picture with a large selection of toys they gathered for the BBC’s Christmas Children in Need Appeal back in 1990. television. With the help of workers at Ferguson Marine and friends, Cassie gathered a large amount of goods for Inverclyde Foodbank.