Food Donations Wanted - Please Help ASAP

[sarahandmark]

LATEST UPDATE FOR FOOD DONATIONS:

For those of us living in the Amandola area, we have been to Conad in Amandola and still waiting for them to get back to us with regards to a collection for food donations.

In the meantime, we have been to Conad in Comunanza and they have been really helpful, setting up a donation area and translation our poster into Italian!

So any non-perishable food items greatfully received at Comunanza Conad until 6pm Thursday 9th April. The donations will then be taken by us to Macerata tomorrow night and then on to L'Aquila.

Please tell everyone you know living in the area, every little helps.

I will keep you posted with regards to Amandola Conad. For any more information you can pm us. Thank you.

[Moxie]

Great news. Is it still only Comunanza Conad?

Moxie

[sarahandmark]

Yes still waiting for the owner of Amandola branch to phone back - only been waiting 7 hours and it is a slight emergency. We only have tomorrow left now - have been into Conad 4 times so far and he hasn't been there when he was ment to be - can't go again as we have to work now but trying to get in touch with friends to call in and see what he is doing!!!!! Hopefully the collection is going well in Comunanza. Thanks for asking Moxie.

[Penny]

Franco (owner of Conad in Amandola) is the head of the bici club sibillini and his mobile number is here: Contatti

[Angie and Robert]

Amandola pick up is still going ahead tomorrow at 6pm, at the Conad car park.
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[Ghianda]

Echo that - This will propbably come out wrong, but to see on the TV (my beloved) Italians queueing at a van for biscotti with a blanket over them "did my head in". What did it in more is to here "un singolo" declaring that we don't need any help thanks".

[DavidUno]

The Prince of savoi has taken three container loads of food to L'Aquila plus one of mineral water. Good for him! That is enough for 50,000 meals. Good for him! Sounds alot! It is. However 5,000 homeless, this will only equate to 5 days. Sig Birlesque refuses outside help. Stuff him. Whatever we can send there will help. Please anybody who can get food to Sarah and Mark at Conad in Amandola or to Angie and Robert please do so. There is no kudos from this,it is not political or even a nationality issue, it is just a matter of helping our fellow man in time of need.

[Moxie]

Rally round Marche folk - these good people are making it easy for you to actually do something practical to help - get shopping!!!

Moxie

[Carole B]

Originally Posted by Angie and Robert

Amandola pick up is still going ahead tomorrow at 6pm, at the Conad car park.
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Angie and Robert, I have no way of sending dry goods or actually visiting the stores you mention, but I would like, if possible to send some money to someone who is doing this collection (maybe via PayPal) for them to put some food into the collection for me. Can that be done?

Is it too late do you think? Surely one of you have a PayPal account I can send it to?

[Angie and Robert]

Thats very kind of you Carol, I dont have that facility, and I know that Sarahs phone and internet connections were knocked out by the shakes there last night close to Amandola, she may pick this up, or maybe someone else in Marche who is going for the food shopping today will.Hopefully now most things are arranged, I am still looking for drivers from my house to Macerata (about 35mins away) for about 7oclock this evening, any offers gratefully recieved , plse pm me.
And thanks again to all who are helping or have supported us, Moxie is especially being a real star today!!.
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