Paying to the Melrose gallery boosts charity fund-raising
Borders artist David Hay donated one of his paintings, ‘River, Late Sun’, to The Gallery Melrose which raised £400 in ticket sales. The raffle, won by Willie Frew of Stow, was arranged by gallery owners Iain Louden and David Wallace to boost Iain’s wife Sally’s fund-raising efforts to help children with life-shortening illnesses and their families.
Sally, who is the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities’ chief executive, raised more than £11,000 by taking part in the CHAS Sahara Trek Challenge along with friend Joyce White, chief executive of West Dunbartonshire Council.
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Hide AdThe intrepid duo, who dubbed themselves ‘The Sahara Stompers’, completed the challenge last November and went on to raise further funds for CHAS through various events and activities with their joint total now sitting at over £13,000.
z Pictured from left, David Hay, David Wallace and Sally Loudon.