CEO Christopher Bonnett – owner of the UK’s leading online Garden Centre, Gardening Express – has posted an ugent appeal for aid to Ukraine on Linkedin.
Gardening Express will take advantage of their contacts in Poland and redirect a truck currently en route from Eastern Europe to bring aid the the Ukrainian people.
He hopes to fill the truck with boxes and packages filled with essentials for refugees currently fleeing the fallout of Russia’s invasion.
The most important items are listed as: blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing, tooth brushes, toothpaste, shampoo, hand soap, disposaple razors, sanitary products, paracetemol, ibuprofen, calpol, antiseptec cream, plasters, bandages, baby formula, bottled water, and longlife food/snack items.
Speaking of the effort, Bonnett said: “When my children grow up and ask me what I did to help, I’ll able to look them in the eye and tell them. Now I call on all my contacts to share this far and wide on Linkedin and beyond, to help in any way they can and make this happen! If we get more than one truck full – we will get more! All reading this, I am sure, will be fortunate enough to have somewhere safe to sleep tonight and something to eat – this is for those that now have nothing. So please, anyone that can help this effort get in touch.”
Contact: ukraineaid@gardeningexpress.co.uk
