There was no spring relief supplies collection this year because of the corona pandemic in Oberpleichfeld and actually the “Independent List Oberpleichfeld” (ULO) had completely canceled the collection. But because the inquiries were so large and Petra and Gottfried Wunderlich’s phone no longer wanted to stand still, the volunteers decided to start a collection.
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This time the acceptance days for aid goods were reduced by half from four to two days and furniture was not accepted at all. Although the people of Poland “can need anything”. At least that’s what the Polish sisters Alma and Alina from the order “The Servants of the Immaculate Mother of God and Virgin Mary” from Würzburg say. The ULO members are in close contact with them.
Simplicity and warmth as a role model
The model of the sisters is Mary, the “handmaid of the Lord” and her simplicity and cordiality in dealing with people. The apostolic service of the community is above all caring, educational and charitable work. The order runs kindergartens, a hospice for the mentally ill and seriously ill, a hospital and a nursing home in south-eastern Poland.
The Polish truck driver Waclaw Panek regularly travels the distance of a good 1000 kilometers between Germany and his home in the Subcarpathian region to transport aid supplies to the region around the city of Rzeszów for the sisters and the “Polish Mission Würzburg”.
For around 20 years the ULO has been collecting relief supplies for southern Poland year after year. The volunteers are now a well-rehearsed team. For their relief effort they ask the political community to let the “threshing hall” be used as a short-term warehouse. And on the collection days, they take the boxes, bags and items and help driver Waclaw load it into the truck.
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This time so many items were brought that the van was already full on the first day of collection. “Everything was there,” says Petra Wunderling, trying to describe it. Lots of clothes, of course, plus mattresses, bed linen, suitcases and rucksacks, carpets, bicycles, toys, climbing equipment for children, garden tools, office items or even religious objects such as crosses or figures of saints.
Because the transport to Poland costs a lot of money, the Oberpleichfelder are also happy that there were 1637 euros in the donation box. One and a half truckloads full of goods are now on their way to sick, lonely or neglected people. “We say thank you to everyone who helps to do good,” said the Oberpleichfelder, despite all the effort and the difficult conditions this time, convinced of their relief effort.
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Oberpleichfeld
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Irene Konrad
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Bedding and linen
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Volunteering
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Holy figures
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Relief efforts
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Hospices
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Mattresses
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Mentally ill
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Religious orders
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Seriously ill
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Carpets
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