Hugh and I volunteered yesterday to help the Society of St Vincent de Paul Papanui make up and deliver seventy Christmas parcels for less well-off families in the Papanui, Bishopdale and Belfast areas. Each parcel contained basic food items, a meat pack and Christmas fare such as Christmas mince pies and chocolates.

Hugh and Tim started off at 9.00am with preparatory work labelling boxes and preparing the food for allocation to boxes. Further parish volunteers arrived at 10.00 to pack parcels and then begin delivery from 11.00am. Hopefully this contribution will help to make Christmas a little easier for the families who got parcels.

Thanks to the library management team for supporting our participation.

Happy Christmas to everyone.

Tim O’Sullivan