By Jean Bell
The Tauranga community have reached into their pockets and pulled out more than $10,000 donations in just the first two weeks of the Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal.
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The appeal, in partnership with Gilmours Wholesale Food and Beverage Tauriko, has attracted $11,555 in cash donations and 11,290 items of food so far.
This does not count the food people have dropped off at libraries, which was yet to be collected.