 Be a Partner Our Partnerships  In June 2009 Sainsbury's supermarket Bretton Store, chose Peterborough Soup Kitchen to become their 'charity of year', as part if its 140th birthday celebrations. Sainsbury's and Peterborough Soup Kitchen's commitment to a partnership that will benefit from a year long link, with staff getting involved to organise fundraising events including charity collections, and volunteering for the charity.  This 'Charity of the Year', partnership has produced some outstanding fundraising results with over £5,000 donated so far.    Sainsbury's staff and PSK volunteers fundraising and bag packing in the store Food Donation Success The response by customers of the Bretton store has been truly outstanding, with both cash and food donations. An empty trolley left by the customer services desk, within the store, which has constantly been filled. In 9 months we have received over 39 trolleys full of donated food; an average of 1 trolley per week. Amazingly, this has a value of £7,800. Staff Volunteering Staff at the store volunteered, 'in their own time' to help out on the soup kitchen van in the city centre in winter. Some Sainsbury's staff, like Dawn and Jackie, then became permanent volunteers of the charity.   Dawn & Jackie volunteering on the van Support Fundraising Events  Sainsbury's store in Bretton helped to support fundraising for a new van in Peterborough city centre in January 2010, by kindly donating soup and bread to make this possible.In Long Causeway, Peterborough we offered members of the public, a cup of chicken or tomato soup and some bread in exchange for a donation. This raised over £600 in cash on the day and also brought much needed awareness to the public of what we do.  Local man Rod McDonald, 51, and a runner from theWerrington Joggers Club, was so impressed with the work we do with the homeless that he entered the London Marathon on the 25th April to raise £1000 for a new van for the soup kitchen.  To help sponsor Rod reach his £1000 target goto: http://www.justgiving.com/Rodrunner ____________________________________________________ |  |   _______________________
Last Month We Fed 885 People Serving more than: 442 Cups of Tea 1,770 Cups of Coffee 2,655 Sandwiches 1,770 Cups of Soup _______________________ Fundraising Our New Van  Currently: £8,376 _______________________ Sleep Rough 2010  Click for More Information _______________________ |