A community has rallied around to help a family who were victims of a burglary.
A Billingham home on was targeted last Thursday - with the raiders making off with Christmas presents before trashing the house.
The owner of the Whitehouse Road property was left devastated, thinking that Christmas would be ruined for the family.
Little did they know that neighbours had started to pull together donations of money and toys in a bid to turn their Christmas around.
Good Samaritan Ann Robinson, 53, who is behind the neighbourly act, said: “When my husband, Colin, and I came back from a night out, the police were at our door.
“They told us that the house over the road had been burgled and that the bedrooms had been trashed and they had taken all the Christmas presents.
“The day before the burglary, one of the young boys had come over to give us a Christmas card and he was just so polite.
“It just got me that this awful thing had happened to him and that the family was devastated.
“I could not keep still all night and just thought something had to be done.”
The next day Ann, who works on the front desk of Billingham Police Station, wrote a note explaining what had happened to the family and how she was planning on collecting donations for them.
She knocked on the doors of people in her street and also posted the notes through their doors.
The response she received was completely overwhelming.
Mum-of-one Ann, said: “People have just been so kind.
“As well as money, people have come to my door and handed over toys as well.
“I have been given cars, skateboards and even a full size snooker table.
Ann has already handed over £250 to the family, but the donations are still pouring in and she expects to be able to hand over near to £1,000 when she stops collecting.
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: “Enquiries are ongoing into the incident which took place on December 18.
Anyone with information or who is offered items at knock off prices, should contact 101.”
No comments:
Post a Comment