A big thank you to Marion Lloyd and Jonathan Shearman too who helped make the weekend run smoothly.

Positive feedback from recipients is already coming in and below are some of the stories of tears, surprise and sheer joy:

• One house had been living off crackers for a couple of days and then one knock on the door later and a hamper full of goodies was there! What a blessing to that household in a time of desperation.
• One girl said the hamper would feed her and her family for weeks, it would be the only present they would get!
• One mother quoted “that is so wonderful, thank you so much. I will be struggling to pay the rent this year and don’t know yet how I will be able to buy a present for my boys”.
• Another recipient quoted “no one has ever given me anything before; it really feels good to be remembered”.
• One of the women’s hostels invited us to go to their Christmas party when the hampers are handed out. They were so overwhelmed and thankful.
• One gentleman came to Church on the Sunday morning to express his thanks and was overwhelmed by the love shown.

OPERATION RUDOLPH 2009 FEEDBACK

Congratulations everyone, Operation Rudolph 2009 was a success! We packaged and delivered 800 hampers having successfully raised the money required to sponsor each one!

Over 200 volunteers came to help over the weekend and thank you to everyone for your hard work! You were amazing!

A special thank you to Dave and Lyn Bignall who helped with all the planning, Terry and Ann Carpenter for helping arrange all the content, Bernice Cottingham for all her hard work preparing the drivers packs and Clive and Jan Roberts for their help in fundraising. Op Ru simply couldn’t have happened without their tireless support.

These are just some of the stories of the impact of Operation Rudolph and it is a privilege to be able to serve our community in such a practical way, showing the love of Christ and that someone cares.

If you’ve been stirred by your Operation Rudolph experience and would like to know more about the social responsibility work of the Christian Centre. Please do email Luke Goss at luke.goss@christiancentre.org.