Gerard McCarte is fundraising for St Margaret of Scotland Hospice

Burno's Trek

Event: Burno's Trek between 23/08/2010 and 27/08/2010

Team Members: Raymond Walsh, Paul McLaren, Jim Reilly, Martin Walsh, Stevie Gallagher, Chris Manley, David Coote, John Geegan, David Cunningham, Gerry Smith, Bob O'Donnell, Jim Boyd, Gerry McCarte

Gerard McCarte

Raised: 201%

£20,161.00 raised of £10,000.00 target

208 donations

My Target:

£10,000.00

£20,161.00 raised so far

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We are a group of friends who will be taking the long trip North on the West Highland Way commencing
Monday 23 August and hopefully ending in Fort William on Friday 27August. Should all twelve participants complete the trek it will be viewed as quite an achievement as the furthest most of them have ever
walked to date is between O’Donnell’s Bar and the Duntiglennan Bar when one or other establishment is showing that day’s must-watch Football Match on TV.

It was in these bars where the plan was first hatched and, with copious amounts of alcohol playing a major role in discussions, it was agreed that no midge would deter this gallant band from completing the arduous journey North and hopefully raising a fair bit of cash for a very worthy cause in the process.

There can be very few people who do not know of the fantastic work done by the staff of St Margaret's Hospice of Scotland in Clydebank. This was brought home to us recently when a very close friend of ours,
Stephen Burns (Burno) lost his long battle with cancer and spent his last days in the care of the Hospice. We know how much Burno appreciated the care he was given as did his family and we feel the least we can do is to give something back to the Hospice as a token of our thanks.

Please donate what you can and be assured it is going to a truly worthy cause and in the name of a very special person.

We will also be raising funds by many other means with the highlight set to be a fund-raising night closer to the time of the walk so watch this space. We will of course be looking for raffle prizes but would also urge you to donate anything you feel may be of worth as we plan to open an ebay sellers account to help boost the total raised. Also
look out for t-shirts going on sale nearer the time to mark the event.

You can keep up with how the fund raising is going on our facebook page which will also carry updates (hopefully audio and video) on our progress as we stumble along the long road to Fort William.

Those taking part who promise not to get too shamockitised en route are:

Martin Walsh

Raymond "Poro" Walsh aka The People's Chump
Paul McLaren

Chris "Shammy" Manley
John Geegan
Gerry “Smudger” Smith
Stevie Gallagher
Jim Reilly
Davy Cunningham
David Coote
Bob O'Donnell
Jim Boyd
Gerry McCarte

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St Margaret of Scotland Hospice

Charity Registration No. SC005623

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice is Scotland’s oldest and largest Hospice providing 30 beds for care of older adults with special medical, nursing and palliative needs - 27 for palliative care, 3 for exceptional cases, providing the highest standard of care for patients and carers through multi-professional team working.

Donations 208

brillant bhoys.great effort.only wish i was there.tucker

Donation by peter smith on 13/11/10

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Well done Raymond and the BHOYS from John and Janice Robertson.

Donation by martin walsh on 13/11/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

well done Martin + Bhoys x Terrance, Kate and the French Celtic Supporters, big Jack, Emma and Sinead. Hail! Hail!

Donation by martin walsh on 13/11/10

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

A big thank you to everyone who sponsored Matt McGlone

Donation by David Cunningham on 08/11/10

£103.00

+ £29.05 Gift Aid

From Mick and Margaret Ashe

Donation by David Cunningham on 27/10/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

From Trisha and Davie Frost. Great effort John.

Donation by David Cunningham on 19/10/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done John, from Margaret and Andy Burns

Donation by David Cunningham on 19/10/10

£15.00

+ £4.23 Gift Aid

Well done John, from Andrena's mum and dad

Donation by David Cunningham on 19/10/10

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

From the Wolfe Clones

Donation by David Cunningham on 19/10/10

£70.00

+ £19.74 Gift Aid

Thanks to S/W at Bridge Street, Vale S/W dept, John & Lorraine Bell, Brian Tolmie, Rachael Russell, Dean McIntyre & Anne Findlay. Well done Raymond

Donation by David Cunningham on 19/10/10

£310.00

+ £87.44 Gift Aid

From Tam McLean and Jim Grant. Well done John and mates

Donation by David Cunningham on 04/10/10

£40.00

+ £11.28 Gift Aid

a big thanks to everyone who turned out and got shamockatised at The Burno Cup last sunday, your generousity knows no limits. well done everybody

Donation by brendan mullen on 29/09/10

£900.00

This was a side bet at the golf on Sunday as well. I always love taking money off wee Meeky. Thanks for your donation!!!