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Turning Muck Into Brass The Unseen Angels supporting Emaus
Many of us have heard about Emaus, and indeed many will have donated in some way or another. Others have set up their own ‘feeder’ charities to ensure the charity goes directly
to the children,
and isn’t lost in ‘charity red tape’.
Make-A-Smile is one such feeder charity and they approach this slightly different. The ethos is ‘sustainable charity’ whereby they don’t just rattle cash tins under people’s noses. They have several streams of charitable money, one of which is the second hand goods trade.
Many of us throw away or half-heartedly try and sell our second hand goods. For example, we buy a new sofa and need to get rid of the old one. This has value and charities can benefit from your donation of for example this second- hand sofa. Recognising this, Make-A-smile have now established a collect and sell service, with all proceeds going to the needy of Emaus.
Headed up and run by Dennis and Barbara Carrier, they essentially – as the saying goes – turn muck into brass! If the general public have any unwanted goods, no matter how large or small, and it is of resalable quality, they can arrange to have it collected. They will then sort through, and get it ready for resale. This is where their network of outlets comes into play. They use 5 main outlets where people can buy the second hand goods: El Cid Auction in Benitachell, Jacaranda auction in Moraira, Suzy’s in Pedreguer, Paul’s Emporium in Pedreguer and Amigos in Benitachell.
So far this year, their efforts have raised 14,000€. It’s a great effort, with the money going towards food, clothing, school books, heating and electricity. However, when you consider there are nearly 60 very grateful young people, that money soon goes. In fact it works out at between 5€ and 6€ per week per head – not a lot. The message is “great work but needs a great deal of working on”.
What Barbara and Dennis need is simply more second hand items to sell. If you’re not sure what you’ve got could be useful, a quick email or call is all you need. For example, recently they were donated an old Mercedes Car. They managed to give it a good scrub and sold it on for 1500€. But even an old pair of table lamps have value. It’s worth mentioning that this is not a free ‘sort through your old junk’ service. They need items that can be sold on!
If you have anything you want to get rid of and can’t be bothered to sell on or take to the recycling, call 660 961 585 or email
denniscarrier@gmail.com. In case you were wondering about the legality of all this, Make-A-Smile is a properly registered charity (G-54763040) and its books are regularly audited.
So come on, it’s easy to help by donating your unwanted items to feed the children of Emaus. It just takes one call!
The Junior Warriors’ next event is the Survivor Race on November the 14th in Parcent. For more pictures and information on how you can sponsor them, please go to
www.facebook.com/makeasmile.es.
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Female Focus
Raise Money for Local Charity A team of youngsters from various schools in Javea including XIC and Lady Elizabeth entered the Survivor Race held in Benissa in October.
The challenging race included crawling in mud, running through fire and scaling high walls amongst other equally demanding tasks. The team were sponsored by friends and family and Continental Wealth Management doubled their total making an amazing 2000€ Euros for the charity Make A Smile. Tony Grande of Make A Smile who watched the race said “I can’t believe the whole team managed to complete this strenuous race. The funds they raised will be spent on food and other essentials for the children in the Emaus homes and to help support our Self Sufficiency Farm Project in Relleu. Watching these youngsters, (dubbed ‘Junior Warriors’ by the charity) helping other youngsters not as fortunate as themselves was a wonderful way to spend my Saturday”.
Youngsters Tough Challenge to
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