GLASGOW’S BUCHANAN Galleries has built on its fantastic fund-raising efforts to hand over another cheque for our Hospice Appeal. The total for the shopping centre’s Buy a Brick campaign is in — they’ve raised a whopping
£8400 for CHAS. Since the scheme was launched in early 2003, shoppers were asked to donate £1 to buy a “virtual brick” for Robin House. And they responded to the challenge, with around 400 bricks bought each month. Two-dimensional Scots actor and CHAS supporter Ewan McGregor also did his part to draw attention to the scheme, even though his presence was rather
two-dimensional.
Roslyn Neely, of CHAS, accepts the Galleries cheque from Hamish.
Buchanan Galleries Manager Hamish Millar explained,
“We placed a life-sized cut-out of Ewan in the centre to promote
the campaign and even got a phone call from a female fan keen to
buy Ewan when we were finished with him. “But we never quite got that far.” That’s because the cardboard celebrity disappeared before a CHAS donation could be negotiated. Hamish said, “We checked the CCTV footage and we couldn’t believe it. We saw a girl walking out of the centre with Ewan under her arm!” Despite the loss of Ewan, Hamish is happy to help the appeal. “This cause is so important to all of us,” he said. “I’d like to thank our retailers and shoppers for getting behind the campaign. It’s fantastic to see Robin House approaching completion.”
The total for the shopping centre’s Buy a Brick campaign is in — they’ve raised a whopping
£8400 for CHAS.
Roslyn Neely, of CHAS, accepts the Galleries cheque from Hamish.
