Members of Welcome to Running turned out in force to support Chiltern Foodbank on Wednesday 21st February.
Before setting out to cover 5km of a rain swept and muddy Lowndes Park, members contributed bags full of necessary food items, from tinned fruit and veg to jams, coffee, rice pudding, pasta sauces and long-life cartons of juice.
Together with contributions from another local community group: Chiltern Harriers, we collected over 200kgs of food, which is thirteen crates or one small van.
Special thanks go to Karen Craven and Kim Alcock from Welcome to Running who organised the event. Also to Jacqui Kean, a Chiltern Foodbank volunteer for kicking off the event by reminding us of the necessity for the foodbank, the vital public service it provides and the tremendous relief it gives to so many people each and every week. Thanks to all of our other foodbank volunteers for their wonderful efforts, Carole, Mike, Chris and Maria.
Finally a big thank you to Steve Field, the Welcome to Running esteemed leader who gives his time for free every Wednesday, and on this occasion proved once again that we are not fair weather runners.
