Salisbury Soroptimists have announced that this year's bra collection saw 5481 bras donated.
The bras were collected at several points around the city, including Five Rivers Leisure Centre, Salisbury Library, Salisbury Playhouse and Salisbury and South Wilts Golf Club.
The bras will be transported to Twickenham by Barry of BMC Clearances for the second year. “Glad to help out”, said Barry as the bags were loaded. “One of my more unusual loads”, he laughed!
Zabra – Afreebra initiative has a storage unit in Twickenham for the bras before they are transported to Africa. This year, these bras will be going to the Rural Smile Foundation, which will take them to Ejura, Ghana. There are sure to be many happy women in that town.
“A big thank you to everyone in Salisbury and surrounding area who contributed to this fantastic total!” said Penny Joyce, the project leader. “This is our seventh year collecting gently used bras during May and June. It never cease to be amaze us, the generosity of the women of Salisbury and beyond.”
Salisbury Soroptimists say they are happy to have saved so many bras from going to the landfill or fabric recycling. "It is heartening that they will be used by women who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford such a garment. Thank you everyone!"
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