Sponsors Support our Soldiers
Our Manchester Worsley store is supporting Support our Soldiers by donating much needed space at its storage facilities. The charity will use the storage to house shoe boxes filled with goodies and tubs of toiletries, which have been donated by the public and are awaiting package and despatch.
Support our Soldiers was set up six years ago to send parcels out to British Troops fighting in Iraq. The group received official charity status in 2007 and has expanded to cover military personnel serving in Afghanistan. SOS also provides counselling to relatives, which is run exclusively by volunteers.
SOS is often overwhelmed by the numbers who volunteer to support the servicemen and women in the war zones and to this end get involved in its shoebox collection. The boxes are filled with morale boosting items, from sweets and snacks to toiletries and essentials, bringing forward memories of home. SOS sent out almost 12,000 parcels to British Armed Forces serving overseas last Christmas and hope to continue these efforts throughout the year.
Sharron Thomas from Support our Soldiers, says: ‘ready steady store in Worsley has been tremendous, looking after Support our Soldiers local interests with care and professionalism, and by offering both help and advice. The facilities are superb; clean, fresh and very well organised and the staff are to be commended.’
The work carried out by Support our Soldiers is invaluable to the local community and is something we fully support at ready steady store. It has been very rewarding working with the organisation and we look forward to developing our relationship by supporting the charity at future events.
Anybody wishing to help can contact Sharron at sharron@supportoursoldiers.co.uk for further information. Those wishing to donate do not have to commit to filling a whole shoebox – any items from the suggested list provided by SOS are greatly appreciated.
