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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Lifestyle
Andrew Robinson & Sophie Collins

Pensioner leaves people ‘extremely touched’ at food bank after her 'lovely' gesture to help families

An elderly woman has left staff and volunteers at a food bank ‘extremely touched’ after sending a sweet letter alongside a donation to help families this winter.

A handwritten note from the woman arrived at the foodbank and was complete with a ‘lovely’ message and a substantial cash donation.

In this letter, she said she recently received her winter fuel allowance payment from the government and said she now wanted to donate a "chunk of it" to her local food bank - saying there were families on low wages who needed the boost more.

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