PAMS BIRTHDAY BASH RAISES CASH FOR TCCL

Pam Walker held her 40th Birthday Celebrations at Piper Dam outside Dundee.    But rather than receive gifts, she asked her guests to either a) Donate a pint of Blood or b) make a donation to TCCL.

The evening was a great success and she raised the superb total of £800 for TCCL from the event.   Pam came along with her children to meet the committee and hand over the cheque at our monthly meeting in Maggies Centre at Ninewells hospital on 27 Jan.

The photo shows Back(l-r) Gaye Steele, Nicki Dobson, Hazel Melrose from the TCCL committee and Front Pam Walker and her son.

The committee would like to take this opportunity to thank Pam for her fund raising effort on our behalf.   It is much appreciated.

Calums Cabin

12 year old Rothesay boy, Calum Speirs lost his fight for life little more than a year after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Brave Calum, a first year pupil at Rothesay Academy, died peacefully at home in Mountstuart Road on Friday 16th February 2007. The funeral service, much of it arranged by Calum himself, was held at the former High Kirk on Wednesday 21st February 2007.

Calum was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour only a few days after the first symptoms were noticed last January- but he’s left his family with a host of happy memories from the 13 months since then. In the 13 months, Calum was an inspiration to all who knew and met him. Calum always laughed and smiled, and his priority was always to think of others.

Calum and his family had decided that they would like to keep helping others by having a Holiday Cabin in Calum’s name to allow other families who are dealing with a child with cancer to have a wonderful holiday on the Isle of Bute.

To find out more about Calums Cabin visit the website here.

Staff in the University of Abertay Dundee’s accommodation office have raised almost £1400 for Tayside Children with Cancer and Leukaemia (TCCL).

The team took part in and organised various fundraising activities throughout the last academic year including cake and book sales, and taking part in the London Marathon. 

The fundraising was a family affair with ten year old Niamh Quinn, whose mother Hilary is the Accommodation Officer at the University, raising money by knitting scarves for her classmates.

Photo shows left to right: Hilary Smith (Senior Accommodation Officer), Niamh Quinn, Brenda Marr (Accommodation Officer), Gillian Kinney (Estates and Campus Services) and Hazel Melrose from TCCL

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