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Salvation Army community ministries manager Cathy Strong and Major Murray Sanson, back row, say they’re grateful to people like Willow and Leanne Harper, front, for their contributions to the food bank.
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me … a non-perishable food item?
A group of “reverse adventers” in Invercargill are flipping the script on the pre-Christmas festive tradition of advent calendars, by collecting donations rather than receiving gifts.
The idea is to grab a box or a bag, and put a non-perishable food or toiletry item into it every day, collecting 24 donations in total to fill up the Salvation Army’s food banks.
Co-ordinator Leann Harper said her family would be adding a bit of competition to the game by seeing who could produce the best-decorated box.
“For us, it’s about the spirit of giving around Christmastime,” she said.
Her family had been reverse …