Evelyn who was born in 1920 and is partially sighted wanted to get involved in Springfield's annual Christmas Community Donation and has been spending her afternoons knitting a selection of crotchet blankets to donate to the cause.
Speaking with Evelyn, she stated that combining her love of knitting and feline friends, she just had to get involved in the festive donation and spread some love to the local cat rescue.
"I have always loved cats and to know my small act of kindness can have an impact is a lovely thought and to know my gesture is bringing a little bit of love to those in need has made my Christmas," said Evelyn.
Every festive season, Springfield Care Home has an annual collection for a local community charity and this year chose a cause very close to the home's heart.
Every year here at Springfield the home comes together to choose a local charity that is close to their hearts, usually and nominated by a staff colleague.
The home adopted a stray cat last year named Izzy who the residents loved and she loved the, back.
Sadly Springfield lost the adopted stray cat earlier in the year after Izzy was sadly run over. It left a huge dent in the Springfield family.
Springfield then went on to adopted new cat beloved Wilma who now lives in the home's dementia service, and more recently the home found another stray living in the outside shed. After a couple of weeks it became apparent he was very unwell and was sadly put to sleep.
Through all of this Springfield have had the most amazing support from two local cat sanctuaries, Allerton Cat Rescue and Bradford/Yorkshire Cat Watch, both run by amazing volunteers who do so selflessly.
So with this is mind, we thought we would give a little bit back to them this festive season.
If, like Evelyn, you would like to get involved, Springfield are looking for donations of food, biscuits, treats, blankets, towels and beds and all donations are welcome.
After all Christmas is a time for giving and we should all pull together to make a difference to the world and try make little gestures where we can.
