By Andy Dalton
1,000 apples have been given away in Armley! Every day over the last month baskets of apples have been displayed at the Leeds City Mission Compassion Centre in Mistress Lane, near Armley Library.
The 188-year-old charity has been the beneficiary of this year’s bumper crop of fruit.
Generous supporters have foraged and hand picked from apple trees, passing on generous quantities of the fruit to the City Mission. These have been given away to local people wanting fresh fruit to eat or to make homemade healthy eating options such as apple pies, apple crumbles and apple sauce.
A steady stream of residents and shoppers have visited the City Mission premises adjacent to the Armley Shopping Area. They have taken away supplies of apples to eat or use in their culinary endeavours.
Development Worker Andy Dalton explained that the City Mission ran a Food Bank at its Compassion Centre. This usually supplied tins and packets of food to people in need. The huge donations of apples had extended the range to include fresh, healthy fruit to people on limited incomes.
He concluded: “Leeds City Mission is seeking to meet some of the pressing needs of people struggling with life. The supply of adequate, good healthy food is really important. We are grateful to supporters who have given their time and energy to supply this enormous quantity of apples.”
Leeds City Mission is one of the oldest charities in Leeds being in continuous existence since 1837. It is a multi-church Christian agency which organises a number of projects from its premises in Mistress Lane helping people at the margins of life.
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