NEW JOURNAL CHRISTMAS HAMPER APPEAL 2010 - Festive cheer from Santa – thanks to your record-breaking generosity

Published: 29 December 2010
by JOSIE HINTON
 

OUR annual Christmas Hamper appeal smashed records this year despite the bleak economic outlook – thanks to the generosity of readers.

Supporters of the New Journal dug deep into their pockets to raise £14,000 – double our previous record – to spend on hampers and toys for the needy and isolated across the borough.

Father Christmas and his little elf brought a smile to elderly people, single parent families and children as they delivered 300 luxury hampers and boxes full of toys to deserving residents.

The appeal is now complete and hundreds of people have unwrapped their gifts, with a little help from Camden’s Mayor Jonathan Simpson and Councillor Tulip Siddiq.
 

A big thank you To everybody who made a donation to the 2010 Hamper Appeal:
EP McPeake, M Swift, Sasha Brice-Houseman, G Kogan, Dr H Bennett, C Nottage, Dr I Cannon, Mrs C Cannon, Edie Cooke, Philippa Price, E O’Dwyer, M Leighton, S Christmas, Baron Sleigh of Carbury, F de Freitas, S Plowden,
Dr V Rippere, A Athans, P King, Michael Hennessey, G Potter, Dr R Batt, Cllr R Robinson, Cllr S Vincent, A and P Lessin,
N Ayre, N Cresswell, Aruna Dutt, G Macmillan, M Flanagan, K Gillies, C Wade, Mrs J Ramsay, B Woodrow, R Chada,
P Ivens, S Lannon, A Menkes Ivry, C Wilson, N Payn, Cllr L Chung, Cllr P Jones, J Mills, Dame Barbara Mills, I Walter, T Curley, 
Cllr T Simon, Peter Clapp, Pat Logue, The Sheephaven Bay pub, F Powers, Cllr M Katz, Cllr S Birch, E Block, E Lamb, 
J Payn, C Kendrick, A Hammond, Camden Market traders, Cllr J Bucknell, Cllr F Rea, Cllr K Moffitt, Anthony Wills.  

Special thanks to Cllrs J Simpson, T Siddiq, A Olad and T Neumark, who raised more than £4,000 in donations with a charity skyjump. And special thanks to Marks & Spencer, Brookfield Centre, Cheshunt, for supplying the hampers and toys, particularly Angela Farrow for her help and hard work.
• And a very big thank you to everyone who donated anonymously too!