Rochdale community comes together to provide hundreds of gift boxes for care home residents
hereEach bag contained a variety of pick-me-ups including chocolates, sweets, scarves, blankets and perfumes.Richenda also asked a group of childminders if they would consider asking children to make homemade Christmas cards - which they then popped in the gift bag too.In total, the mother and son managed to pack around 180 gift bags which they delivered to four care homes last week.In each one, staff have been sending their thanks after their residents had their days brightened by Richenda and her son.One home which benefited from the campaign was Springfield Park Nursing Home in Rochdale.Michael Jones, the home’s manager, said it 'brought a tear to the eye' to see the community come together to support nursing home residents.He told the