Foodbank appeal

Sir, On behalf of all at Arran Churches Together, a grateful thanks to the generosity of the members of Kildonan WRI for their donation of food items for the foodbank brought to their February meeting at which Gregor Adamson gave his talk on the history of Arran whisky. Grateful thanks also to Arran Distillers who donated a bottle of ‘Arran Water’, for the raffle, the proceeds of which will be used to further the work of food distribution.

It couldn’t have come at a better time. Despite the wonderful response by so many fellow islanders at Christmas time who donated so generously to our Christmas box appeal – allowing dozens of Arran residents in need of a bit of extra help to enjoy a much better festive period than would otherwise have been the case – currently the foodbank is running desperately short, indeed has completely run out of certain essential items. These include long-life milk, jars of pasta sauces, cooking sauces such as sweet and sour for rice dishes, tinned fruit and vegetables, tinned meat and fish, cereals, cooking rice and tins of pudding rice and custard, tea and coffee.

It is wonderful that the Christian festival of Christmas still brings out the best in human kind, but three months on at the end of a long winter, the need to help many of our fellow islanders is perhaps now even greater, a fact flagged up by our partners at social services who are currently experiencing a high demand for assistance.

Your help would be very much appreciated and any food items can simply be left inside the front door of Brodick Church which is always open. It will make a huge difference. Thank you.

Yours, Angus Adamson, Minister at Brodick Church.