Free stuff in Plymouth boosts Christmas spirit
Often, caravan holidays bring you closer to your friends and family and give you that much needed breather from work, but this particular caravan holiday has made an entire city brim with altruistic early Christmas spirit, with one Good Samaritan offering up his own caravan to one deserving family for a much deserved break.
It all started when Karl Bennett posted a message on the Facebook group Free stuff in Plymouth, offering families the chance for a free holiday in his caravan in Kingsbridge. Karl was subsequently contacted by Danna Kemp, who thought the holiday would be a good experience for her two autistic sons. The two then communicated back and forth on Facebook, resulting in Karl offering Danna ten days in April for a no strings attached holiday.
Following Karl’s random act of kindness, his offer seemed to have really set the wheels in motion for others to stand up and do something charitable themselves. An influx of additional offers started pouring onto the site, as Capricia Vogler, administrator for Free stuff in Plymouth, explained.
“As soon as Karl posted up his gift everyone started to get into the spirit of things because it was such a big gift. Even people who haven’t got much have gone out their way to give things away.”
Vogler added: “This is the first time it’s happened for Christmas and it’s gone completely mental.”
Some of the other offers flooding in from kind hearted people around the country include free haircuts from Fusion Creative hair salon, a professional photo session with photographer Robyn Dylan, Christmas fruit cakes from Kezzy Cakes, and even Tesco gift cards. People have even volunteered cooked Christmas dinners at no cost whatsoever for those less fortunate. It really does just go to show that one simple act of kindness really can go a long way and it certainly warms everyone’s cockles here at CaravanTimes.
What do you think of these random acts of kindness?
