Corner House raises £5,000 for charity
The people of Tarbert have done it again, raising an amazing amount of money for charity.
Margaret and Duggie MacNeill who run the Corner House bar were speechless when the race night they organised on Saturday brought in £5,000 for Parkinson’s UK Scotland.
It is a charity very close to their hearts, because Duggie has Parkinson’s, which is possibly part of the reason so many of the regulars came out in their droves to support the event.
The pub was indeed mobbed with punters betting on all nine races and snapping up raffle tickets. Races were sponsored by generous local business people both at home and away from Tarbert. Local businesses made generous donations to ensure the raffle had some fabulous prizes on offer. The Corner House has a reputation for raising large sums of money for charity through its fundraising endeavours. In January a quiz night raised £2,850 for Macmillan cancer.
Margaret said: “It was a very emotional night. We were surprised to get such a high final total, especially after raising such a great amount for Macmillan only four weeks ago. I think Saturday night was the most we have ever raised, we were speechless when we added it up.”
The stakes got higher as the night went on, with big money on the cards by the final race.
So it was a very kind gesture indeed by a group Margaret called “the young team,” who won £630 and promptly donated it straight to the cause.
She said: “We were really proud of everyone who supported us.”
Margaret and Duggie would like to thank everyone who donated prizes or sponsored races. Special thanks to Rikky Graham for being the compère on the night in his usual windup fashion.
Allie MacKinnon and Martin Jefferies helped sell race tickets on the night and regularly volunteer at the Corner House fundraising events. Thanks also to Zena Hawthorn for selling raffle tickets.