Gifts send to 3rd Battalion The Rifles from Inner Wheel Club of Durham (From The Northern Echo)
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Gifts send to 3rd Battalion The Rifles from Inner Wheel Club of Durham
8:32am Saturday 13th March 2010 in
CARING women have been packing gifts to send to soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
Members of the Inner Wheel Club of Durham packed 48 boxes with toiletries, tissues, sweets, biscuits, books, notepads and pens, to send to members of 3rd Battalion The Rifles.
The goods were contributed by members of Durham Rotary Club.
The Northern Echo is backing 3 Rifles’ Swift and Bold Wristband appeal, which raises money for the battalion’s injured soldiers and the families of soldiers killed in action.
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KEEPING BUSY: Members of the Inner Wheel Club of Durham pack gift boxes for the 3rd Battalion The Rifles serving in Afghanistan
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