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	Massive appeal for baby food and nappies for homeless children this Christmas</p>
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	A charity collecting show boxes filled with goods for homeless people has been &quot;blown away by the fantastic support&quot; their appeal has received.</p>
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	Inner City Helping the Homeless called on the public to make their donations at Connolly Station as part of their Fill A Tram initiative.</p>
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	By the time the collection closed at the inner city donation point at 7pm, over 7,500 shoeboxes has been counted.</p>
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	&quot;Thank you so so much,&quot; the charity said following the incredibly successful collection.</p>
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	Meanwhile, the Capuchin Centre in Dublin is appealing for baby food and nappies to be donated for homeless children this Christmas.</p>
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	The charity regularly doles out food and supply packs to homeless and disadvantaged people every day.</p>
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	Alan Bailey, volunteer co-ordinator at the centre, told Independent.ie that in the past year they have noticed an uptake in the number of parents looking for nappies, baby food and baby clothes.</p>
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	&ldquo;It&rsquo;s something that has raised its head in the last year, a lot of families are staying in hotels. Every Monday at lunchtime is our official distribution date and we distribute baby food and nappies to around 90 families,&rdquo; he said.</p>
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	&ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t it a savage indictment in this day and age to think that there are families queuing for nappies&hellip;It&rsquo;s a frightening thought.&rdquo;</p>
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	The charity is also distributing 800 hot meals a day from its centre in Dublin 7.</p>
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	(Published by the Irish Independent on the 8th December 2016)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/homeless-charity-blown-away-as-7500-shoeboxes-of-goods-donated-to-help-fill-a-tram-35278777.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/homeless-charity-blown-away-as-7500-shoeboxes-of-goods-donated-to-help-fill-a-tram-35278777.html</a></p>
