Mother and daughter raise funds for Macmillan
The total money raised by a Kintyre mother and daughter, who joined forces to boost Macmillan Cancer Support’s funds in memory of a loved one, has been tallied.
Susan Graham was sponsored as she ran the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run 10K in September, days after her mum, Elaine Ralston, hosted a coffee morning in support of Macmillan’s ‘world’s biggest coffee morning’ event.
This is the second time Susan, who has been a member of Campbeltown Running Club for more than 10 years, only taking breaks to have her two children, has run the Glasgow 10K.
Memory
She said: ‘This time I wanted to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of my Auntie Carol. We lost her in August 2018 to liver cancer so I wanted to honour her memory and raise as much as I could.
‘The run was fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I actually did a better 10K time than at the Mull of Kintyre run in May and I wanted to do my auntie proud.
‘I was in Glasgow with friends and running buddies. It is a fantastic course and I will certainly be running it again in the near future.’
Lovely
Elaine’s fundraiser, to which family and friends were invited, was held at Susan’s house.
Susan said: ‘Mum’s coffee morning went well, we had a lovely morning.
We had a raffle to which people kindly donated, and there was tea, coffee, plenty of cakes and games.’
Susan’s race sponsorship raised £1,050, and Elaine’s fundraiser made £280, giving the pair a grand total of £1,330.
Susan said: ‘I would like to thank everyone for their kind donations and support.
It was emotional on the day but I know Auntie Carol would be proud.
‘Special thanks to my work colleagues at Cadenheads and Springbank, as well as Jim Martin Supplies, Kintyre Larder, Peter McKerral and Co, McFadyens, Campbeltown Motor Company and Glenside Tractors for their generous and kind donations.’