Hundreds of presents were donated to hospitalised children in Huntingdon over Christmas by the staff at Tesco in St Neots.
The St Neots store took part in a toy collection drive happening across Tesco stores where the public could donate toys to the Holly Ward at Hingchingbrooke Hospital.
Around 250 toys were collected from early November to December 19 when they were delivered to the hospital to be given to the children who were in the hospital from Christmas to New Years, as well as their siblings who came to visit them.
The Community champion of the store, responsible for handling donations to local groups, organisations and schools, Molly Gregorious, said: “There was books, teddies, footballs, Lego, baby Annabelle stuff, toy trucks, board games, just any toy you could think of.
“I wish I’d counted how many donations we got, to see how much was donated and how much it was worth, but I didn’t get a chance. Theres even more we couldn’t get in the pictures
“It was amazing, I didn’t think we’d get so many as when we first put the trolley out we only got two or three.
“But it ended up going really well, it took me an hour to put it away for delivery.”
“I think the biggest donations were a Sylvanian family house which was £75 and a drone worth £50.”
She continued to say that the initiative was a really good idea, she said: “The customers were amazing to donate, I just love it.
“It just shows this town is amazing as everyone says it is, everyone says St Neots.”
The Holly Ward at Hinchingbrooke was chosen to receive the gifts after deliberation between Molly and her manager.
“We discussed a few different options, and we’ve donated to them before, some chocolate Easter eggs last Easter.
The toys were delivered to the hospital on December 19, when Molly and Tesco delivery driver Neil loaded several trays of toys into a van and handed them over to a representative from the hospital.
The toys were collected in store in a trolley where people could buy a toy in store and simply pop it in on their way out.
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