Overwhelming support for Stirling Observer Give a Gift Appeal as thousands of toys donated

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Representatives of charities and good causes were welcomed with an overwhelming amount of donations at the Stirling Observer Give A Gift Appeal’s main collection day last week.They were delighted to collect a bumper amount of items from us last week, allowing them to get started on the hard work of distributing presents to the children and young people they support.Once again Stirling Council kindly offered the use of a local community hall to accommodate the donations.While delighted and overwhelmed by the donations, many representatives of the charities and good causes have seen the need for their services – and the gifts – higher than ever before.Observer reporter Kaiya Marjoribanks said: “The response to the appeal is something we never taken for granted but which has always been both overwhelming and humbling.“Yet again the people, groups and businesses of Stirling have truly pulled out all the stops.“Given the cost-of-living crisis, we genuinely didn’t expect to have as many donations as before for understandable reasons.Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.“But the people of Stirling again showed that in the worst of times they show the best of themselves.

All those who were able to donate really made an incredible effort.“The appeal is a huge undertaking for us every year, but having use of a local hall was also vital in the organisation this year so a big thank you to all at Stirling Council who made that possible.“The collection day is admittedly quite an experience.

It’s a bit like the January sales except no one has to pay at the end of it.“We particularly must thank all those charities and organisations who come along.