Juvenile association donates to health heroes
With its annual fundraising quiz cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, Campbeltown and District Juvenile Football Association (CDJFA) was left with 12 hampers stowed with goodies meant for the event’s raffle.
The committee considered running an online raffle to raise funds for the association but decided instead to gift the hampers to ‘those deserving and those who have been working that good bit harder preparing our community for what lies ahead’.
Thank
A spokesperson said: ‘We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the local businesses that donated for our quiz night and hope you don’t mind us passing these on.’
The business donations were added to the hampers of parents’ donations and given to the following: CDJFA’s hamper to a staff member at Campbeltown Hospital; the Campbeltown Picture Housesponsored hamper to the staff at Campbeltown GP Surgery; the Treehouse-sponsored hamper to a staff member at the Main Street branch of Boots; the Tea on the Quaysponsored hamper to a staff member at the Longrow South branch of Boots; the McKellars Confectionery-sponsored hamper to a staff member at Kintyre Care Home; the Royal Hotel-sponsored hamper to a local Carr Gomm carer; the Cross Street Barber-sponsored hamper to a staff member at Tesco; the Serenty Spasponsored hamper, which included a candle holder donated by McMillans and some Body Shop goodies donated by Mhairi Lawson, to Donna Graham of the Co-op; the Norrie Thomson Plumbers-sponsored hamper to Linda McLean of the Kintyre Larder; the McGeachy Butchers-sponsored hamper to a staff member/volunteer at Shopper-Aide; the hamper sponsored by Lisa Nicolson to Helen Gilchrist who was meant to be the quiz master; the Cadenhead-sponsored hamper to Campbeltown’s ambulance crew; and some donated bottles to the staff at Wee Toon Sports who sold tickets for the quiz.
Appreciation
The spokesperson added: ‘We know there are so many deserving people and we further extend our appreciation to you.’
The association also donated more than 100 toilet rolls from its football pavilion to local charities to be distributed to those in need who were not able to buy any as stocks ran out in shops.