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The Firewalk Join us for our Hottest Fundraising event EVER!! SATURDAY, 13TH NOVEMBER 2021 at St. Vincent’s Hospice, Howwood, 7pm - 9pm For more information and details on how to register please; Email info@svh.co.uk or Tel 01505 705635 Ext 303 Registration: £10, includes a free T-shirt!
10th Erskine Walk of Hope Angel Voices St Fillan’s Community Children’s Choir Rehearsals on Fridays at 6pm in St Fillan’s Church Hall, Moss Road Kilmacolm Music Director, Mrs Anne Lawrence and Teacher/Accompanist, Mr Michael Hepburn. Administrators: Dr Vivienne Smith, Mrs Maureen Russell New members welcome! (ages range from 4 to 13) Contact: Maureen Russell: maureenmrussell@hotmail.com or on mobile: 07905-950028
Renfrewshire Toy Bank Christmas Appeal We have been preparing for Christmas for a long time behind the scenes and cannot thank all of the local businesses and organisations enough for getting behind us yet again. Referrals have started to come in and we are expecting this year to be our busiest yet with more places referring than ever before.
On Saturday 11th September 2021 Margaret Moncrieff and friends did a sponsored Walk of Hope along the banks of the Clyde at Erskine to increase awareness of Huntington’s disease and to raise funds for Scottish Huntington’s Association (SHA). This was the 10th anniversary of this Walk. SHA is the only Scottish charity dedicated to helping people affected by Huntington’s disease (HD). HD is a desperately cruel condition which over a period of perhaps as long as 25 years reduces an adult to a state of total dependence for emotional and physical support. Other members of the family may have to accept that this is a genetic condition and every child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 risk of inheriting the faulty gene and therefore developing the condition. It was a lovely day and we all enjoyed the Walk. We were joined by friends from Houston, Erskine, Bishopton and Glasgow. The amazing sum of £1,300 has been raised to date. Thanks are due to members of Houston & Killellan Kirk, staff and partners of Walker Laird, Solicitors, friends from Erskine and surrounding areas and our families. Very many thanks to all who contributed. Donations can still be made to the following JustGiving page: http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/margaret-moncrieff11
Drop-off points will open on the 1st of November with even more locations to make it as easy as possible to donate. We are however looking for somewhere else in Bishopton if anyone can help us out? Check our Facebook page for drop off points. *Please note that we only accept donations of new toys and gifts* We cannot thank everyone who supports us enough. The toy bank has become such a vital service to the children of Renfrewshire and we hope to be able to complete all referrals this year to help ensure no local child goes without this Christmas. We have an Amazon wish list and we are delighted to take PayPal donations or bank transfers. Please check out our Facebook page for details: https://www.facebook.com/renfrewshirechristmastoybank Thank you, Renfrewshire we couldn’t do this without you.
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