The whole Squadron would like to send a huge thank you to Waitrose and their lovely customers who allowed our cadets to help them pack their Christmas shopping bags in Ely today.
Eighteen of our cadets worked in two hour shifts packing the customers Christmas food shopping supported by our Commanding Officer and three of our Civilian Committee members.
The cadets really enjoyed helping Ely’s shoppers , chatting to them and helping the checkout staff who praised the cadets for their politeness, and “professional packing”. The customers were extremely positive about the cadets and they generously made donations to the Squadron using the collection buckets that Waitrose kindly allowed the Squadron to position on the checkouts.
Thank you to Waitrose Community Matters department, we look forward to helping out again in the future and the Waitrose customer donations will go towards yhe Squadrons welfare funs which is there to help cadets who may need financial assistance towards items such as shoes to wear in uniform and boots or waterproofs to complete their Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
With 18 cadets helping in 2 hour shifts from 10am to 4pm at the 3 checkouts at Ely Waitrose, how much do you think the people of Ely put in the collection buckets for our Squadron today? Answers in the comments, on our Facebook page8, we will publish the amount later but its not for public dissemination?
Thank you to these cadets for thier hard work today at the Waitrose Bag Packing fundraiser giving up theor free time;
Cadet Warrant Officer James Munday, Flight Sergeant Davis Russellcook, Sergeant James Wallman, Corporal Sophie Case-Upton, Corporal Catrin Andrews, Corporal Noah Deal, Corporal Joe Bain, Leading Cadets Billy Phillips, Mathew Turrell, Jamie Barrett, First Class Cadets Mathew Carway, Declan Craig, Elliot Mason, Harry Wick Theo Scott, Olivia Wright, Libby Russellcook and Holly Elstow, and Civilian Committee members Kathy Munday Ray Bailey and Jess Bain.
To Ely’s shoppers we would like to say how lovely you were towards our cadets. Our staff were approached by so many of you praising our cadets and we were so proud to hear such positive feedback about our young people, they enjoyed meeting you all as well.
From 1094 Ely Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets
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