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Iʼve raised £509 to give 1000 teddy bears and essential supplies, such as nappies, sanitary products, blankets, etc, to Ukrainian refugees.
- Leamington Spa
- Funded on Monday, 31st October 2022
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We are Bearing Gifts and with your help we will deliver essential aid to displaced Ukrainian nationals. We will also be handing over personal gifts of teddy bears from British children, with a message tag, to the Ukrainian children.
We are collaborating with nine academies in the West Midlands, who are collecting bears and messages from their pupils and also raising funds. Below are the pupils of East Park Academy in Wolverhampton making super generous gifts of their favourite cuddly toys.
Our first vehicle will leave the UK on Sunday 15th May and will be heading to the Help Ukraine Center in Chelm, Poland. We plan to make more deliveries during the coming months. Watch their video here.
After visiting the kind children of Hateley Heath Academy in West Bromwich our van was starting to fill up nicely.
We would love you to get involved so please message us at: hello@bearinggifts.org or for more information please visit our website where you can also raise funds by purchasing our cool merchandise!
Thank you all very much!
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- 2 years ago
mark habberley
2 years agoLast week I visited five West Midlands Academies to collect even more bears and cuddly toys for our second delivery to Ukraine. Over 500 were donated and they will make their journey to displaced Ukrainian children in the coming months. We are determined to keep delivering essential items and everyone's good wishes. All additions to our funds will be put to good use and very gratefully received. Thanks again, Mark and Lee Below are some of the wonderful children from St Thomas's Academy in Wolverhampton.
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- 2 years ago
mark habberley
2 years agoSo, after another short technical delay, we have loaded up with the essential supplies and 600+ cuddly toys that were donated by the children at East Park and Hateley Heath. Lee is finally leaving for Poland in the morning and we are truly very grateful for your support. This is only the start, so please keep spreading the word. We will update with more images and videos over the coming days!
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- 2 years ago
mark habberley
2 years agoSo firstly, a quick apology. We had originally wanted to depart today, but unfortunately we could not get all the elements together in time and so our revised departure date is now Sunday 15th May 2022. However, we are making great progress and our first two trips to the West Midlands Academies of East Park in Wolverhampton and Hateley Heath in West Bromwich gave us plenty of support and hundreds of cuddly toys from their amazing pupils. 'Thank you' to everyone for making it a very special day for Lee and myself!
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Anonymous
May 18, 2022
£5.00
Anonymous
May 16, 2022
Thank you, safe journeys.
£20.00
E and L Hill
May 13, 2022
£5.00
Ava & Zac Lloyd
May 13, 2022
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Anonymous
May 13, 2022
Harrison Aldridge
May 13, 2022
Keep up the good work
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Anonymous
May 13, 2022
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