Marafun man’s effort is just the ticket

EVERYONE EVERYWHERE wants to join The Sunday Post Schools Hospice Challenge. What started out as an appeal to the head teacher of every secondary school in Scotland has broadened way beyond expectation.  And it’s all thanks to the generosity of our wonderful readers. We’ve been deluged with cash and promises to raise even more money from secondary and primary schools, nurseries, the Boys’ Brigade, business-men, barmaids and even one of the most endangered species of all — a kind-hearted traffic warden! Arthur Bruce is among nearly 800 Sunday Post readers taking part in our Marafun in the hills above Newtonmore this weekend. This is Arthur’s fifth Marafun and, until now, he’d not used the occasion to raise money for a good cause. But when he read about our campaign to build a new children’s hospice on the banks of Loch Lomond, all that changed.

Arthur Bruce signs up Laura Jackson as a sponsor just before setting off for this weekend’s Sunday Post Marafun.

Arthur says, “As soon as I read The Sunday Post I knew I had to do as much as I could to help.
“Your description of the loving care those children receive at Rachel House was really touching.”Arthur (55), who lives in Almondbank, near Perth, set to work rounding up sponsorship. He started with his police colleagues, then encouraged his pals to sign on the dotted line.
After that he approached local businesses. Finally, he roped in members of the public whom he’d bumped into on his traffic warden’s beat.
In just over a week he’d filled 27 sponsorship sheets and raised more than £1300 for our Hospice appeal.
Not content with that, Arthur convinced his daughter Jeanette Bruce and her pal Valerie McAlpine to join in.
“We’re all going to the Marafun together,” says Arthur, “so I asked them to get sponsorship as well. 
“At the last count they will add around £350 to your campaign.” 

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