Your Co-op

with Gemma Massie, Aboyne Member Pioneer

The current round of Local Causes is coming to an end on October 22nd.

As of August 16, your local causes have earned:

Aboyne Aft er School Club – £1075.40

Aboyne Food Bank – £1414.25

One-to-One Counselling – £1190.75

It’s not too late to sign up for a membership card and select a cause to support.

Our Team in Aboyne Coop are always looking for feedback on service. To submit a Your Store Your Say survey, please go to the link above, use your latest receipt or enter 4555 in the store number box.

We would like to say a HUGE thank you, to all of you who have supported all our fundraising events for SAMH! Whether that was donati ng prizes, buying raffl e ti ckets or bonus balls, dropping off books or buying books.

We have raised over £5,000 for such a worthy cause. THANK YOU!

It was brilliant to be able to donate some resources to Aboyne Aft er School Club for their holiday club, which was very quickly put to good use.

If anyone has surplus craft materials or sports equipment, they would be gratefully received by the children and staff at the project, which runs breakfast and aft erschool clubs upstairs in the Community Centre, Monday to Thursday term-ti me, and Holiday Clubs during selected weeks of the school holidays.

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delighted that exercise classes specifically for people affected by stroke and other neurological conditions have resumed face-to-face on Deeside. Stroke affects all ages, and our group reflects that. We are supported by the Stroke Association. We meet on Mondays at 10.30am in the Auld Kirk Hall. For details call Eric on 07442 502574. You will be made very welcome. News in Brief

Boulers o’ Birse: Regular twice

weekly play resumed after our fun, French themed but chilly day out in Monymusk back in May. We have been enjoying the recent sunshine in our scenic Finzean location, outside Birse and Feughside Church, where we play around three games of 30 minutes each on Tuesdays from 4.30pm and Saturdays from 10am. As you read this, our next special event will have taken place: a morning’s play with some French visitors from Martignas sur Jalle (yes, Aboyne’s twinned village). Meanwhile, local visitors (and any far-flung) are always welcome. info. boulersobirse@gmail.com

Ballater Bridge Club: We are

delighted to be back playing face-to-face Bridge in the Mike Sheridan Room, V&A Halls, Ballater.

So many Clubs throughout the UK and beyond have faced closure following the Pandemic, but thankfully we are continuing to have sufficient players to enjoy a friendly, competitive afternoon.

If you are interested in coming along, please contact us, we are always keen to increase our numbers and will make you very welcome.

Email sec.ballaterbridgeclub@gmail. 16 com Tel: 07782924497 Web: bridgewebs.com/ballater