Returned 2022 Saffery Rotary Walk t-shirts have been collected and will shortly be heading to Ukraine for the long and harsh winter this year.
The organisers of the Saffery Rotary Walk provide walkers, who may wear their t-shirt just once, every opportunity to ensure that their shirts have future life.
Simon Milsted, chair of the walk, said: “The days of single-use clothing have rightly passed. We encourage all our walkers to think carefully about how their shirts can be put to good use. Those wishing to return their walk shirt to us can be sure that we find a meaningful use for all clothing that we issue. The minute we heard that local business Stan Brouard had linked up with St Peter’s Church to organise a clothing collection to be sent to Ukraine, this year’s initiative was sealed.”
He linked up with the Treasurer of St Peter’s Church, Simon Wood, and it was soon agreed that the Saffery Rotary Walk t-shirts would become part of the collection being readied for shipment to Ukraine.
Simon Wood, the Treasurer of St Peter’s Church, said: “Through speaking to the church vicar, the Reverend Adrian Datta, about the urgent appeal for adult and children’s clothing needed in Ukraine, we reached out to Rotary. We thought it would be hugely beneficial to send their t-shirts, along with other types of clothing already being collected, to help the people of Ukraine during the crisis they are facing.”
Given that the Saffery Rotary Walk’s essence is about helping others, Saffery Champness director Lisa Vizia says that there was no hesitation about giving to the most vulnerable in Ukraine this winter: “Saffery Champness couldn’t have agreed more that this urgent appeal is one we needed to help.
“The recycled Walk t-shirts were passed to the charity dealing with the crisis in Ukraine through Stan Brouard and St Peter’s Church. We hope that this donation can help alleviate some of the pain the people of Ukraine are suffering.”
Nigel Dorey of Rotary has been instrumental in getting the clothing to the collection point, ready for shipment. He commented: “The Saffery Rotary, for the past three years, have donated their t-shirts to Africa. However, after hearing about the clothing appeal for Ukraine, it was an obvious recipient of our t-shirts this year. We dropped off the t-shirts earlier this week with hope that they will help those in dire need.’’
Pictured: Simon Wood – Treasurer of St Peter’s Church with Nigel Dorey of Rotary.
