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Urgently needed by Fair Frome

August 2, 2018
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THIS week at the Fair Frome Food Bank the scheme urgently requires: bags for life, sauces for rice, tinned veg, tinned potatoes, coffee, pasta/ rice instant snacks.
They are also running low on toiletries such as shampoo and shower gel.
There are food collection boxes in ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Frome Co-op Funeral Care at Badcox, Barnardo’s, Frome Whole Foods, Westway Co-op, Tesco Express and the Cheese & Grain.
For further information about Fair Frome, please visit their website at www.fairfrome.org or their Facebook Page – www. facebook.com/FairFrome; email: info@fair frome. org or telephone 01373 488578

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