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Article: New Wiltshire air ambulance clothing banks.
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- November 15, 2008
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Following on from the success of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance's
lone charity shop in Westbury, appeal bosses have launched Clothing
and Shoe Banks across the county.
The large static deposit boxes are being placed in locations
across Wiltshire and will hold hundreds of bags of unwanted clothes
and shoes.
The first was launched in Devizes this week, at Devizes Textiles
on the Garden Trading Estate. Another is now in place at Police HQ
in Devizes.
These will then be handed out to families in Africa, Eastern
Europe and the Middle East. Under the Recyclatex Bonded Textile Bank
Scheme, for each bag of clothes a donation will be made to the
Wiltshire Air Ambulance Appeal (WAAA).
A spokesman for the ...