Fundraising: Milngavie Xmas Tree Festival

We are very grateful to the Milngavie Churches Association and all of the volunteers who gave their time to make this event such a success and for making SIS one of their chosen charities.

Milngavie Christmas Tree Festival

SIS was delighted to be one of the nominated charities for the Milngavie Christmas Tree Festival, held in St Paul’s Church in the early part of December last year. Grace Laird, SIS Fundraising Co-ordinator, went along to the opening of the Festival on Saturday 3rd December to talk about the work of the charity. Representatives of the other two nominated charities also attended. They were Carers Link, who support carers in the East Dunbartonshire area, and The Angel Tree Project, run by Prison Fellowship, and works to provide Christmas presents to children of prisoners, who would otherwise not receive any. The church was full with 33 amazing Christmas trees decorated by different groups from the community, including nurseries, children from local schools and groups from many of the churches within the local area. A variety of music was provided throughout the week, ranging from nursery groups, to ceilidh bands, organists, singers and jazz bands. The event was a great success and raised almost £3,800, meaning a fantastic sum of £1,262 went to each of the three charities. We are very grateful to the Milngavie Churches Association and all of the volunteers who gave their time to make this event such a suc cess and for making SIS one of their chosen charities.