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Hair Today…
Music, Games & Fun in Irvine!
Go Team Savills!
Walking the River Ayr
By Stephanie McLaughlin, Fundraiser
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraiser After postponing his event twice, Community Fundraiser Graeme Ferguson held not one but two hugely successful events in one day!
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraiser On Wednesday 4th August 2021, London became a sea of purple as the Savills Retail Team walked an amazing 26 miles across the city in memory of their colleague Estelle Forrester. They chose to walk to remember the charismatic, inspiring and truly The team have raised an incredible £7,042.89 as a
By Stephanie McLaughlin, Fundraiser Amanda Gemmell and family have been fundraising since September 2020, their first challenge was the River Ayr Walk, walking a gigantic 44 miles over 2 days. Amanda’s sister Nicola was receiving hospice care at the time in our in-patient unit when they completed this incredible challenge, along with Nalla the dog. Sadly, Nicola passed away in May this year, to say thank you for the outstanding care Nicola received and the support the hospice gave to the whole family, they are determined to continue their fundraising efforts in Nicola’s memory. They recently organised an online tombola & raffle and took part in our Go Purple! Memory Walk and have now raised over £5,000 . Thank you so much we really appreciate all your support!
A huge thank you to 8-year old Edi
Howat, who’s raised a magnificent £1,655 by cutting her waist-length hair! She was inspired by wanting to help her next-door neighbour Fiona, who has been cared for by the hospice. Edi had the big chop at Cameron Hair in Kilmaurs and her hair was donated to The Little Princess Trust who provide real hair wigs - free of charge - to children & young people undergoing cancer treatment or treatment for illnesses causing hair loss. Agent H visited Kilmaurs Primary School to say an extra special thank you to Edi. Her mum and gran also joined us to celebrate her achievement and told us Edi has loved proudly showing off her new short hair. Thank you so much, Edi, and everyone who generously sponsored her - what a remarkable amount raised!
Graeme, Jean and the team raising an amazing £1,700! They’ve already got their next event planned on the 19th December so watch out for further details. Irvine Sports Bar also held a race night on the same weekend, raising £556! Thank you to them for this and also for hosting the music day. An amazing £2,256 in total was raised!
On the weekend that Marymass should have
thank you for the wonderful care Estelle and her family received from the hospice. This is such a fantastic amount and a huge thank you to each and every one of you!
been held, Irvine Sports Bar hosted Blackpool legends The Aim along with Ayrshire’s own Johnny Bee. To keep with Marymass tradition the event was opened by North Ayrshire Provost, Ian Clarkson, led in by the piper. The afternoon event was treated to a fantastic performance of Scottish Highland dancing. Both afternoon and evening heard the amazing band The Aim and joined in raffles and fundraising games. A huge thank you to
formidable lady she was. Her family joined them on the route to walk and remember her together.
81,000 Steps for Grandpa Jim!
By Stephanie McLaughlin, Fundraiser 9-year-old, Charlie Scott-Martin set himself a target to walk 81,000 steps in March to raise money for the hospice. His great-grandad, Jim received hospice care and would’ve been 81 on 31st March this year. In 2017, his other great- grandad, David also passed away in the hospice, so
100 Miles in 27 Hours!
By Elaine Thomson, Senior Fundraiser Graeme Carenduff recently took to the West Highland Way, staying active for 27 hours running an incredible 100 miles to reach the end at Fort William!
Charlie, and his mum Karen, are active fundraisers for us. They recently joined us as volunteers at our Go Purple! Memory Walk, helping to steward the route - cheering on all the walkers. They had a
His team behind the scenes provided him with vital
He took on this personal challenge as he wanted to
Charlie wanted to take on this challenge to thank the staff who helped his family so much. By the end of March, Charlie smashed his total steps reaching an impressive 226,875
supplies and checked-in
give back for the care provided by the hospice to his aunt Linda. “They always made the whole family feel welcome and went above and beyond, making her feel at ease and comfortable.”
with him as he completed this mammoth run. Thank you to Graeme and his team, for raising a fantastic £715 so far with donations still coming in!!
great time and really enjoyed helping out. Thank you so much Charlie - you really are a fundraising superstar!!
and raised a phenomenal £1,735.38!!
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