Almyrida, Car Boot Fair - A big Thank You!

A big thank you to everyone who supported the Car Boot Fair at Almyrida today. The table money went to" Xeira Voithias" "Helping Hands" - I do not know yet how much was raised.
There were more than 60 stalls, many of them supporting different charities.


We arrived with an empty table and a couple of posters



We had many, many donations.


We sold some of the household goods, decorative items and ladies clothes











At the end of the morning, we had collected a lot!
20 large bags of blankets and men's clothes went off to the Red Cross for their appeal to help the immigrants that were rescued from a boat and are currently in Souda.




Another 20 odd bags of clothes, shoes and bags waiting to be distributed to Agia Sofia and the other local charities.


Argyro helping to move the bags



We also collected,
A bag of dried goods for Helping hands
A bag of medication ( to go in the collection at the local pharmacy)
Some books in English for the local school
100 Euros for Sarah's Hope foundation
100 Euros for the Alzheimer’s Association Day Care Centre in Chania - the first one in the whole of Greece-
Various books and bric a brac which will go to a tabletop sale for the charities

Thank you also to Crete- island - Estates who made it possible

And we all had FUN!

 


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