Staff at Staple Hill Primary

This one has left me in tears - read down - OCH has been renamed “secret Santa” by one child 🥲😀

Hi Charlotte and Team,

On delivering the hampers and gifts to our families before Christmas, it was clear to see how overwhelmed they were, with a few tears along the way.

After Christmas the notes /conversations of appreciation began to arrive. I will try to give you little snippets from some of them.

"It was a lovely surprise and such a thoughtful gesture. The treats and gifts given to all of our family were amazing. The children were so excited. You really helped make a difference for us at Christmas time. We really want to express our profound gratitude by thanking you profusely. God bless you all."

"Thankyou doesn't seem enough, I was truly overwhelmed by the kindness of others to us. The hamper was filled with such delicious things and the toiletries were so appreciated. I wanted to make my daughters Christmas a good one but the fact that you included gifts for me meant that we made special memories opening gifts together. It was such a greatness of heart to think of the parent s too! You truly made our Christmas brighter. It might make you smile to know that my daughter has now been calling you "SECRET SANTA." What an amazing charity you are!"

"I wanted to reach out to say a huge thankyou for the wonderful Christmas hamper and gifts we received. The gifts were perfect and exactly what we all wished for."

"Thankyou Operation Community Hamper for the fabulous hamper and gifts we received this Christmas. The display of treats had the children so excited. This meant that they were able to have treats we would not have been able to buy for them. The thought that had clearly gone into the gifts, meant that we all received gifts that suited us all, plus a family inflatable reindeer game which we had so much fun with. A few moths ago I was dreading Christmas but it was the best Christmas ever."

Thanks once again on behalf of Staple Hill Primary .