Rossendale Free Press

Donations galore on Santa’s tractor

- STUART PIKE stuart.pike@menmedia.co.uk @stuartpike­78

ACHARITY Santa tractor ride raised festive spirits and generous donations for a Valley foodbank.

Adam Scott, of Fishrake Farm in Edenfield, thought that it would be nice to do something special for the village this Christmas.

He organised a convoy of tractors decorated with lights, and bearing Santa around the village on a trailer - in exchange for food and cash donations for Rawtenstal­l’s Raft Foundation.

Adam was joined by gardener Paul Worthingto­n, farrier Garry Clarke, agricultur­al contractor Alex Boyden and Andrew Rothwell, of Sheep Hey Farm, for the event.

The following day he and fiancée Emma Leach delivered all the food to the foodbank.

Adam said: “We had an overwhelmi­ng response from the village and ended

up with a full trailer of food.

“We ended at the church, carol singing.”

Raft treasurer Ged Greenhalgh sent the Edenfield Santa Tractor Ride

participan­ts and contributo­rs a thank-you letter for their “fantastic” efforts.

 ?? ?? ●●Tractors decorated with lights drove around Edenfield with Santa collecting food donations for the Raft foodbank in Rawtenstal­l
●●Tractors decorated with lights drove around Edenfield with Santa collecting food donations for the Raft foodbank in Rawtenstal­l

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