From left, Ryan Dawson from Mobile Car Spa, Stephen Salde from the Salvation Army, and Car Spa's Chris Keir and Jamie Cullen.
South Shields business helps Salvation Army
17th January 2017
A charity helping the homeless and those in need were given a bumper hamper of food – thanks to a South Tyneside businessman.
Mobile Car Spa owner Jamie Cullen and his team made it their mission to collect as many non-perishable food items as possible for the Salvation Army.
The goods – a staggering 323 items – were handed over in time to be handed out ahead of Christmas.
Mr Cullen, whose business is based in South Shields, said:
I was sat chatting with friends about how I wanted to help those, less fortunate around the festive period and decided that a food bank collection would be a great way to make a small difference. We came up with the idea of donating whatever we collect to the Salvation Army as we know that they are dedicated to helping the homeless, vulnerable, and elderly
The next day I told the Mobile Car Spa team my plans, and asked them to see if they could get a tin of food or non-perishable item from their customers, family and friends and told them just before Christmas we would deliver our haul to the Salvation army personally. Expecting 30 – 40 items each from each team member...
323 items collected for the Food Bank at The Salvation Army!
We started the collection to help those in need on December 1st 2016 and delivered our haul on December 23rd.2016. We had donations from customers, family members and friends and we are extremely grateful to everyone who helped us to achieve this amazing total.