Ramsey’s Christmas Charities appeal got off to a good start with a bag-packing event at Shoprite last weekend.
Assisted by 11 Ramsey Grammar School pupils, the volunteers packed customers’ bags and collected £904.40.
Further contributions can be made in cash in the collection buckets placed in Ramsey Post Office and the Ramsey branch of the Isle of Man Bank.
Cheques can also be handed in or sent to the bank (payable to Ramsey Christmas Charities) and donors may wish to identify whether they wish their donation to be shared between all eight local charities listed or to go just to the ones they specify. Organisers usually publish the names of the main donors in the press – unless otherwise requested.
The final fundraising event for the 2014 appeal will be a bucket collection during the Ramsey Chamber of Trade’s annual ‘Santa Dash’ event on Sunday, December 7.