Charities Evening 2012

Tue, Aug 28th 2012 at 12:00 am - 2:00 am

Our annual celebration of the great work done by our local charities.

Charities Evening 2012 - Representatives of the 9 charities who attended the evening

Charities Evening 2012 - Representatives of the nine charities present

Charities Evening 2012 - President Iain welcomes our guests

Charities Evening 2012 - President Iain offers some organic cucumbers for donations to the contented cow.

Charities Evening 2012 - Archie Campbell gets the veg.

Charities Evening 2012 - Derek Christie from Kirkcaldy Samaritans

Charities Evening 2012 - Bob Kilgour from YMCA Kirkcaldy

Charities Evening 2012 - Rose Davis from Fife Young Carers

Charities Evening 2012 - Sheila McCallum from Age Concern

Charities Evening 2012 - Philip James from Kirkcaldy Salvation Army

Charities Evening 2012 - Richard Godfrey-McKay from Fife Society for the Blind

Charities Evening 2012 - Deborah Wherrett from Deaf Action

Charities Evening 2012 - Alec Thorburn from Disability Sport Fife

Charities Evening 2012 - Margaret McGill from Eden Mozanbique

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For many in and around Kirkcaldy, these are 'lean times'; so it was all the more heartening and humbling for Club members at the weekly meeting to recognise the work and achievement of local Fife charities and causes that 'do good' be it good times or bad in our 'lang toun'.

Club President Iain Gow presented substantial cheques from funds raised by the Club to representatives from Age Concern Kirkcaldy, The Salvation Army, The Eden Mozambique Project, Samaritans, Fife Young Carers, Fife Society for the Blind, Deaf Action Fife, YMCA Kirkcaldy, Disability Sports Fife, (and in absentia Fife Sands).

In turn, Club members heard sincere and succinct account from all the representatives of some wonderful good being done to a quite astonishing degree. Disability Sports Fife finds several of its members and supporters in London for The Paralympic Games. Fife Young Carers presently works in support of 82 families. The Samaritans (Kirkcaldy) has an annual running cost of