'Blankets for Babies' 2007 - New fundraising campaign announced to help needy babies! 

Donate your old baby blankets, Terry nappies and clothes, and Hipp Organic will give 50p to ‘Feed the children’ for every parcel received.  Hipp has announced it is repeating the successful ‘Blankets for Babies’ campaign which runs until the end of the year.

The first ‘Blankets for Babies’ campaign took place during 2006 and parents were asked to send items by post direct to the ‘Feed the Children’. The campaign succeeded in not only generating many much needed baby blankets and baby clothes; but also £5000 which funded shipment of the items abroad to those in need.

Hipp hopes to repeat the success of the 2006 campaign. "Every little helps".  Explains Samantha Baker of Hipp Organic. "We urge all parents to dig out their unwanted baby things and send them in for the new campaign".  Sending just one item in an A4 envelope will suffice.  For every package sent in, Hipp will again donate 50 pence to ‘Feed the Children’.

Free Feeding Spoons for donators!

As a thank you to mums who send in donations, Feed the Children will send a free set of 4 colourful Hipp feeding spoons to everybody who includes their name and address with their donation.

Brian Main from Feed the Children comments "Working with Hipp on the 'Blankets for Babies' campaign was a real success in 2006. I want to thank all the parents who donated previously; and hopefully we'll get an even bigger response this year."

He adds "The children and babies in the regions where we send aid urgently need clothing and blankets for warmth as well as terry nappies which are in such short supply there. Our aim at 'Feed the Children' is to create more opportunities and a brighter future for children who have been neglected, abandoned or exploited as a result of poverty, conflict or disaster."

Items should be sent in the post, along with the senders name and address if the feeding spoons are required to: Hipp 'Blankets for Babies' campaign, Feed the Children, 2 Tavistock Industrial Estate, Ruscombe Lane, Twyford, Berks, RG10 9NJ.

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Editors notes:

• For more information please call Samantha Baker at HiPP Organic on 01635 520549 or email sam@greenhq.co.uk
• For more information about the campaign visit http://www.hipp.co.uk/charity.html
• The Hipp Blankets for Babies campaign runs until the end of December 2007.
• Hipp will donate 50p per parcel received at the Feed the Children office up to a maximum of £6000.
• All donators will receive a set of 4 Hipp baby feeding spoons as long as their name and address details are included with their donation