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Coleham Primary School children Abigail Lewis, 5, Aoife Byre-Widdall, 5, and Jasper Noel-Hiles, 4, with Carla Taylor of Morrisons
Kind-hearted children from Coleham Primary School in Shrewsbury have been writing messages as part of an initiative with the town s Morrisons store in Harlescott.
The supermarket gave out post cards to children at Coleham and other schools in the town to colour in and write messages to friends and family they have missed seeing, and to elderly people in care homes to combat loneliness and cheer them up.
An additional motivation was to help children with literacy work.
Morrisons launch heartwarming gesture sure to make shoppers smile. (PA) Morrisons will be giving away half a million free postcards for children to spread messages of hope this week in a nationwide initiative to help tackle loneliness within communities. Children of the supermarket chain s colleagues will be colouring postcards and writing messages for the supermarket to distribute to its Doorstep Delivery customers who are continuing to shield while lockdown restrictions are eased. Morrisons Community Champions will also be working in partnership with local primary schools to give children postcards illustrated with sunflowers and positive messages that they can colour in.
Morrisons launch heartwarming gesture sure to make shoppers smile. (PA) Morrisons will be giving away half a million free postcards for children to spread messages of hope this week in a nationwide initiative to help tackle loneliness within communities. Children of the supermarket chain s colleagues will be colouring postcards and writing messages for the supermarket to distribute to its Doorstep Delivery customers who are continuing to shield while lockdown restrictions are eased. Morrisons Community Champions will also be working in partnership with local primary schools to give children postcards illustrated with sunflowers and positive messages that they can colour in.