Village Voice October/November 2013 | Page 6

St. Mary’s Church, Old Alresford HARVEST FESTIVAL Sunday, 6 October 2013 3.30pm Tea and cakes Donations for the Christmas Shoebox appeal for children in Albania, Montenegro, Moldova and the Philippines. 5.00pm A Harvest Celebration The church will be decorated for Harvest Festival. The Winchester Churches Nightshelter especially needs coffee, biscuits, squash & long-life fruit juice. Please leave your gifts in the church on Saturday morning 5 October. Thank you. CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ALRESFORD & ALRESFORD ROTARY CLUB SHOE BOX PARTY Sunday 3rd November at 2.00pm St. Gregory’s Pastoral Centre Grange Road, New Alresford Children and adults please come along and help us pack shoe boxes with gifts to send to children (aged 0-15 years) in Tanzania, Montenegro, Romania & the Philippines. We need lots of shoe boxes measuring no more than 33 x 20 x 15cm. with a separate (not hinged) lid and colourful wrapping paper to cover them. We also need items to be packed in the shoe boxes: Cuddly toys, toothbrushes & paste, soap & face cloths, notepads & colouring books, pencils, pens & crayons, picture books, small balls and puzzles, dress jewellery. Knitted hats, gloves and scarves are especially needed. From the beginning of October there will be a crate in the porch at St. Mary’s Church, Old Alresford. Please leave any shoe boxes and gifts there. 4