'It's a bit bonkers': Huge 7kg charity Easter egg stolen from church
United Reform Church in Heaton Moor has received a series of donations since they were robbed of the 7kg egg, which was being put in a raffle to raise money for charity.
The "whip around" was organised after a thief snuck into the church whilst the local choir group rehearsed, in what members of Stockport's PopVox choir have labelled a "bonkers" theft.
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Krista Procter, a member of the choir, said: "It's like a bit bonkers that it's been taken, really, but just such a shame for the church.
"The church clearly needs the funds to raise for people that need it. So I think everybody just felt quite sad, really, that it had been done while the choir was singing, which is a really sort of nice, happy time, then something like that happened."
The culprit, who snuck in a "window of opportunity" whilst the group sang on march 27, has still not been found.
"Somebody, while the choir were rehearsing, went in and took the egg," she said
"We know it happened during the window that the choir rehearsed upstairs, the door's often just left on like the latch kind of thing, you know, anybody could open it."
The church, which has often held collections for food banks and "all sorts of charities", has since received generous donations, with one local business donating £100 worth of Easter eggs.
Krista said: "It's just snowballed from there really and we were just sort of wondering whether the local community could perhaps bring an egg in and just try and help the church out a little bit."
"Its really been quite moving that something so lovely has come out of the theft and I know the church are quite moved by the support and have also now been gifted a replacement large egg to go with Popvox choirs huge collection."
They have so far raised around 60 Easter eggs to include in the raffle, which is aiming to raise money for Dementia Friendly Heatons, with funds aiming to cover their "Spring Fling afternoon tea and dance event" for dementia patients and their carers at The Village Hotel in Cheadle.
They are appealing for donations on their JustGiving page aiming to raise £1000 for the charity, with people being able to contribute at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/dementiafriends
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