# ASDA launches Christmas Present Appeal for two welfare charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/11/05/asda-launches-christmas-present-appeal-two-welfare-charities/
- Published: 2006-11-05T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

From 1 November to 17 December more than 350 ASDA stores and depots across the United
Kingdom will be collecting gifts for children, teenagers and older people, which
will be donated to, and distributed by, The Salvation Army and Help the Aged.
Members
of the public are being asked to visit their local ASDA store and drop off a new,
unwrapped gift to be given to people in need in the area.

Christina Pocklington at ASDA said: “ASDA is calling on kind-hearted people in their
local community to help spread a little seasonal cheer this Christmas by donating
gifts to our Christmas Present Appeal.”

The charities have produced a list of recommended items for donation such as educational
games and toys, stationery, and family-friendly DVDs for children; and puzzles, 
scarves, hats, ties, socks, handkerchiefs, diaries and calendars, and notecards 
for older people.

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