Instead of secret Santa, Colleagues at HC-One’s Berry Hill Park in Nottinghamshire are donating to foodbanks and homeless shelters this year.
The charitable idea was thought up by Wellbeing Coordinator, Kristina King, and was back by all Colleagues at the home.
The Colleagues normally exchange secret Santa gifts to one another but decided contributing towards charity during the coronavirus pandemic was a much kinder gift.
Within days the Team filled three large boxes with food, ready to be carted off to Mansfield’s local foodbank as well as charitable homeless projects in the area.
Reverend Dr Caroline Phillips runs the local foodbank and Hall Homeless project out of St. Peter & St. Paul’s Church.
She said: “I am delighted with these donations.
“They will be divided between the local foodbank and our homeless projects.”
Berry Hill Park’s donations were much appreciated as the projects are still running in these difficult times and are essential to helping the vulnerable and the needy in Mansfield.
Many Colleagues and Residents alike at the home were thrilled with Kristina’s generosity and supported her cause with vigour.
Claire, a Colleague at Berry Hill Park, commented: “Although Kristina is always busy in her own life and at work, she always finds the time to think about other people.”