AN IDEA BY a St Michael shopkeeper to give back to her customers has quickly mushroomed into a highly anticipated community event.
And not even a diagnosis of asthma and high blood pressure could discourage Angela Eversley from undertaking her annual give-back project this year.
In fact, Eversley was back at it yesterday, helped by friends in packing and distributing food hampers to loyal customers as well as to anyone who needed them. De Rum Shop Bar on Halls Road was a hive of activity as seasonal music blasted and loads of people from the village passed by to collect bags of groceries.
Eversley, who has been operating the shop for the past five years, estimated that she spent nigh $10 000 of her own money to ensure that everyone was able to have at least a good Christmas Day meal.
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