The public has been invited to join the Public Transportation Board (PTB) and the Hands of Love Charity today from 11 a.m. in a collection drive for those in need this Christmas.

Two specially marked buses ?Hands in Love? will leave the PTB depot and travel to various locations around the island.

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11 a.m. St. George?s Square

11.30 a.m. depart for the ice cream parlour/ No.1 Gate in St. David?s

1 p.m. Shelly Bay Market Place bus stop

1.30 p.m. Collector?s Hill Apothecary bus stop

2 p.m. departs for Hands of Love in Southampton.

10 a.m - 11 a.m. The Maritime Museum

11.15 a.m. Somerset Market Place

11.30 a.m. Arnolds in Somerset

11.45 a.m. Arnolds at White Hill Field

12 p.m. Bus departs

12.25 p.m. Barnes Corner

1.15 p.m. Heron Bay Market Place

1.45 p.m. Hands of Love in Southampton.

Members of the public can meet the buses at any one of these stops and drop off items.

PTB Director, Dan Simmons said donations of either canned food or other dry food items would be much appreciated. The items will be donated to Mrs. Fern Wade, director of the Hands of Love charitable organisation at the end of the day.