Boxer Welfare Scotland Charity Event
An amazing fundraising event was held at 27th February at Ochiltree Social Club, Falkirk on 27th February 2010. Over 150 people turned up to enjoy live music by Aquarius who are Scotland's premier wedding and function band, as well as a silent auction, raffle and buffet.
Over £1,000 was raised in total and we would like to thank everyone who kindly donated prizes for our raffle and silent auction. The raffle prizes are too numerous to mention, but the following items were won in the silent auction.
| Signed Scotland rugby shirt and rugby ball - donated by Jim Hamilton | £75.00 |
| Car boot liner donated by Hatchbag | £55.00 |
| Signed Dundee United Football shirt - donated by Dundee United FC | £35.00 |
| 2 ltr bottle of Famous Grouse Whisky | £30.00 |
| Signed Falkirk FC football | £26.00 |
| Walkers Shortbread Hamper - donated by Walkers Shortbread | £20.00 |
| Baxters Hamper - donated by Baxters of Speyside | £15.00 |
| Filofax, signed by all the ITV Loose Women | £15.00 |
| Dog hamper with various donated doggy goodies | £13.31 |
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the live band were fantastic. Our thanks go to all the volunteers who organised the event: Lisa, Richard, Claire and Steven and to everyone who helped, came along on the night, donated prizes, bought tickets and had fun on our behalf!
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| The fabulous band, Aquarius | Richard and Lisa, who organised event |
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| The crowds having fun | |
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| The band plays on | |
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| Claire who organised the event | Claire with her band |
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| Steve, Claire and Karen with raffle | Happy silent auction winner of rugby shirt |
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| A very happy winner! | Counting the raffle tickets |
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| Lisa and Karen | Carol |
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| Kenny and Kelly hoping for a win | They did get silent auction whisky though |
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| Falkirk Trustees: Lorraine Martin | and Carrie Stephens. |
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| Barbara and Lorraine M | Can we help you Amanda? |
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| Kirsty may stay the same, | the camera just gets bigger! |
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| Steven and Ingrid | Steven, Claire and Ewan |
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| Room for one more with Carol and Kirsty | .......... yes, hello Lisa! |
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| The "East Coast" Gang | |
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| Bruce and Stuart | Lisa and Carol |
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| Kelly and Bruce | Kenny and Lisa |
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| Smile please Amanda .......... | .............. thank you! |
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| Bruce and Trish | Trish heading home packed with goodies |
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| Steven and Craig | Claire |
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| Bruce and Trish checking their numbers | Rob and Christopher |
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| Craig,Kirsty and Michelle | @Boxerwelfare @trishie0501 check Twitter |
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| Barbara and Jim | Carrie, Karen, Rob and Christopher |
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| Michelle and Lorraine | Craig joins Michelle and Lorraine |
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| The band plays on | and everyone gets up for a dance |
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| They took the high road | while they took the low road |
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| Chatting amongst friends | Carol and Kirsty show us how it's done. |