Grangemouth Rotary Club Santa's sleigh overcomes COVID restrictions to fundraise

COVID-19 restrictions have forced The Rotary Club of Grangemouth to make changes to their annual santa sleigh endeavour but they will still be raising money for good causes.
By James Trimble
Published 2nd Dec 2020, 16:40 BST
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Santa will start hitting the streets of Grangemouth next week, but sadly he won’t be able to stop or dispatch his elf army to come collecting around the doors.

A Rotary Club of Grangemouth spokesman said: “Due to social distancing restrictions, we will not have our group of Elves saying hello to you on your doorstep this Christmas and we encourage everyone to give Santa a wave and not gather near the sleigh.

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“The people of Grangemouth have always been so generous supporting Santa on his Christmas trip and every penny that you have donated in previous years has been given straight back to various charities and good causes around town.”

Representatives of the charities and organisations who received cheques from the proceeds of last year's Grangemouth Rotary Club Santa float - there will be more groups benefiting from the 2020 endeavourRepresentatives of the charities and organisations who received cheques from the proceeds of last year's Grangemouth Rotary Club Santa float - there will be more groups benefiting from the 2020 endeavour
Representatives of the charities and organisations who received cheques from the proceeds of last year's Grangemouth Rotary Club Santa float - there will be more groups benefiting from the 2020 endeavour

If people would like to make a donation this year they should watch out for our collection boxes around shops in town.

Alternatively they can make a donation online on the Rotary Club of Grangemouth’s Just Giving Page.

Here are the dates for this year's Santa sleigh:

Wednesday, December 16 – The Old Town, Skinflats, Thistle Avenue, Almond Street, Hawthorn Street, Wilson Street and Wood Street

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Friday, December 18 – Oxgang Road, Chrichton Drive, Abbotsgrange Road, Bo’ness Road, Oswald Avenue and Grangeburn Road

Sunday, December 20 – Burnbank Avenue, Central Avenue, Newlands Road, Abbots Road, Newhouse Road, Kerse Road and Wallace Street

Monday, December 21 – Tinto Drive, Bowhouse Road, Morrison Court, Kingseat Avenue and Torwood Avenue

Visit www.justgiving.com/campaign/Grangemouth-Rotary-SantaSleigh2020?success=true to make an online donation.

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