ACE Christmas Toy Drive

🎉🐾 Ho Ho Ho! Get ready for some festive fun because Santa Paws is coming to town! Join us for a tail-wagging good time as you capture the perfect photo of your furry friend with the big man himself! 🎅✨ We're thrilled to kick off our first-ever Santa Paws event, where you’ll leave with an adorable keepsake photo of your pet and a heart full of joy knowing you’re helping us gather toys for local children in need. How pawsitively wonderful is that? More info and to reserve your spot: tickettailor.com/events/charity…

Remember there are 3 WAYS TO GIVE TO THE TOY DRIVE! We're off to a good start but we still need A LOT of kid's toys and teen gifts and will be accepting donations up to 12th December. 1) You can drop your NEW TOY donations at the following locations: - Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP - The Loose Cannon Brewery, Abingdon - Waitrose & Partners Abingdon (from 1st November) 2) Should you prefer, you can donate to our JustGiving page and we will purchase toys on your behalf. Please donate here: buff.ly/3A1NLhq 3) We are also still running our Amazon Wishlist which is currently the fastest way to get toys and teen gifts to us. It's so simple to give this way - your donation are sent directly to us (Carla) Wishlist: buff.ly/3zZFVFc We believe that every child deserves to experience the magic of Christmas. This year our appeal is more urgent than ever! So please give whatever you can. ❤️ Thank you in advance 😊🌲🎅🏽❤️

🎁 🎅🏽 Our 7th annual toy appeal in underway 🥳 Through community spirit we have come this far but we still have so much more to do! 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 South Oxfordshire. 𝐀 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 1,300 𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬... 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 £13,000 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 '𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚'. 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. **𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 - 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄** 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝘵𝘰𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝟏-𝟏𝟐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝟏𝟔. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. **𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞** 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘌𝘞 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺*. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 £𝟏𝟎-£𝟐𝟎 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 (𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴/𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴) 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘺/𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘝𝘋𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞: Loose Cannon Taproom, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝟔, 𝘚𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘺, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘟𝟏𝟒 𝟓𝘑𝘟 Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP, 𝟏-𝟑 𝘖𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘯, 𝘖𝘟𝟏𝟒 𝟓𝘈𝘓 Waitrose Abingdon (from November only) 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝟑 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦: 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧. 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls… 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/a… 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦: 12𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦r 2024 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 🙏 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭/𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫! ❤️

If you prefer to purchase your own gift, please drop to either: 🎄 The Loose Cannon Brewery , 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝟔, 𝘚𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘺, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘟𝟏𝟒 𝟓𝘑𝘟 🎄 Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP, 𝟏-𝟑 𝘖𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘯, 𝘖𝘟𝟏𝟒 𝟓𝘈𝘓 Thank you x

How to donate today: 🎄 Amazon wishlist We are particularly low on Baby & Teen gifts so we have amended our Amazon wishlist to reflect this need. When you buy this way, the gifts will be delivered directly to us 👉 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵: loom.ly/drgJYWE

Last day to donate! (see end of post) It's also the last day to get a referral for toys. If you are a client of the Abingdon Food Bank, they will have given you a leaflet on how to apply - so please apply today.

When you buy this way, the gifts will be delivered directly to us... easy! 👉 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵: loom.ly/drgJYWE THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US ALREADY ❤️

Where did the time go? We're on the final 2 days of our appeal for new toys! We still need your help 🙏 We are particularly low on Baby & Teen gifts so we have amended our Amazon wishlist to reflect this need. We've also added tape dispensers and wrapping paper to the list.

@bh THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE MADE DONATIONS OF TOYS OR MONEY SO FAR ❤️

We have also added wrapping paper and tape dispensers if anyone can help with those. The wishlist link is: loom.ly/drgJYWE You can still donate at Waitrose Abingdon until Monday. Loose Cannon Brewery and @BH&O are accepting donations until Weds 6th Dec.

And just like that... it's December already. 🎄 Which means we have just 6 days before our appeal closes. We are particularly low on Baby 0-3yrs toys and teen gifts 13-16yrs - in light of this, we have amended our Amazon wishlist to only include gifts for those ranges.

Throwback to 2020... So are those large boxes, or just a really small elf? Answer: Very large boxes kindly donated by easyStorage Thames Valley - our real-live elves who continually support us by ferrying around and story toys. Thank you!

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞: Loose Cannon Taproom, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝟔, 𝘚𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘺, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘟𝟏𝟒 𝟓𝘑𝘟 Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne LLP, 𝟏-𝟑 𝘖𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘯, 𝘖𝘟𝟏𝟒 𝟓𝘈𝘓 Waitrose Abingdon Thanks x

You can still donate toys at our drop-off points or use our Amazon wishlist until Weds 6th December. 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵: loom.ly/drgJYWE

We have 5 days left until our JustGiving page closes and we are at 74% of our target. If you are planning to donate that way, the last day is 30th November (leaves us time to go toy shopping!) 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦: loom.ly/-d9b9fY

𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵: loom.ly/drgJYWE 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘦: loom.ly/-d9b9fY 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦: 6𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦r 2023 ❤️

𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝟑 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦:

We know our supporters never let us down and we’re always blown away by their kindness. To see donations like this for our Christmas Toy Appeal is so heartwarming. We never take this support for granted, especially when so many are struggling with the cost of living. Thank you