Posted: January 2017
At and after our 10.30am Homeless Sunday service, we are receiving tinned food and warm clothing to send to London's Whitechapel Mission, who have served the homeless and marginalised for 140 years. Last year they gave 113,515 hot breakfasts!.
THEIR MOST WANTED LIST:
Baked beans
Plum Tomatoes
Sugar, Coffee
Honey, Biscuits
Instant Hot Chocolate
Toothbrushes
Razors
Men's underwear
Socks
Jeans 28 — 36"
Rucksacks
Men's trainers
Men's shoes
Trousers 28-34"
Carrier bags
35mm film canisters
(For dispensing shampoo)
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