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All aboard the Big Red Cross Bus!

By Mark Cox
May 31, 2010 at 9:30 am

What do you get when you cross a charity shop with a bus? (No, not a terrible accident scene with broken glass, well-thumbed books and woolly jumpers strewn all over the pavement.)

You get the Big Red Cross Bus – the world’s first mobile charity shop and volunteer information centre – which could be winging its way to you soon.

Apparently, the great British credit-crunched public is well and truly skint, and flocking to Red Cross shops in such great numbers that, frankly, we need more shop volunteers to cope with the human deluge.

But the dilemma was how to reach those hundreds of potential volunteers out there all across the country? The boffins at Red Cross HQ had a brainstorm. It went something like this: ‘How do we reach those hundreds of potential volunteers out there all across the country?’ ‘We could hire a bus and put a shop in it.’ ‘Alright then.’

(Our boffins work fast at the Red Cross.)

And thus was born the Big Red Cross Bus. It’ll be touring the country from 31 May to 12 June, taking in 12 locations along the way. Pop along for a browse and bargain-hunt – and please do bring along any goods you’d like to donate.

You can also try your hand at being a shop volunteer and, if you like it, sign up to join the world’s biggest and cuddliest humanitarian movement. Come on, hop on board. It’ll be the ride of your life!

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