A collection at Tesco in Alloa for Forth Valley Royal Hospital proved successful – garnering five packed trolleys full of donated items.

Working with charity So Precious, which is dedicated to supporting neonatal and maternity care in Forth Valley, the local supermarket has been gathering items for the maternity, neonatal and children’s units at the Larbert based hospital.

The community has taken the cause to heart and the collection on Saturday 23 August saw a variety of items donated – with the store even selling out of ‘new baby’ baby grows.

Tesco community champion, Melanie Mitchell, said, “It was fabulous. We got far more than I ever expected to. We got five full trolley loads and got a full range of everything that we were looking for.

“Thanks to everybody who brought anything. Whether it was stuff their kids had grown out of or whether it was stuff they had bought in-store. The response has been absolutely phenomenal and I can’t thank them enough really.” Among things donated were baby clothes from tiny baby to three months, such as baby grows, vests, tops and trousers.

Children’s DVDs and books, to keep siblings of special care babies entertained, were also given, along with tea, coffee and biscuits for the kitchen parents use.

Plain white photo frames and memory cards were also sought, to provide keepsakes for the parents whose babies sadly don’t make it, along with arts and craft materials.