{"id":14558,"date":"2023-09-05T08:57:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sayfc.org\/?p=14558"},"modified":"2023-09-05T10:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T10:18:51","slug":"international-charity-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sayfc.org\/international-charity-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Charity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
As an association we are proud of the amazing generosity of our members and the effort and work they do every year to raise money and awareness for charities. Tuesday the 5th of August marks the UN’s International day of Charity 2023, and in honour of this we have collected just a few examples of the charitable endeavours from clubs and members throughout this past year.<\/p>\n
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On Sunday 27th August 2023, Lower Nithsdale YFC members climbed Criffel. But with a twist. During the climb they assisted friend of the club Ian Burgess to reach the summit of the local landmark with the use of a cart.<\/p>\n
Ian has lived at Maryfield Farm, New Abbey for 52 years, however has never climbed Criffel in his lifetime. Sadly, due his Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis Ian could no longer achieve this feat by himself which is where the club stepped in. Members climbed 1875 feet to reach the summit, all whilst pulling the cart which Ian sat on to help him fulfil a lifetime goal. Ian described the view from the top as ‘never imagining it would be like this’ and being ‘proud of the young farmers’ for helping him fulfil this goal.<\/p>\n
So far they have raised over \u00a310,500<\/strong> from this event which is being donated to the club’s chosen charity this year: Parkinsons UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n DONATION LINK<\/a><\/p>\n The club are taking part in various other charity fundraisers throughout the remainder of the year: the Kilt Walk, Coffee Afternoon, Tractor Run and Charity Calendar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019m a past secretary of Peebleshire Junior Agricultural Club , and current assistant secretary of Lothian and Peebles District.<\/p>\n I recently completed a charity skydive for RSABI<\/strong> in memory of my late father who passed away in 2018 due to suicide.<\/p>\n
\nEmma Gray<\/strong> (Peebleshire JAC)<\/h5>\n
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