283 April 2018 - Gryffe Advertizer
The Advertizer - Your local community magazine to the Gryffe area. The Advertizer is a local business directory including a what's on guide and other local information and an interesting mix of articles.
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the advertizer<br />
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Land considered should be between Bridge of Weir and<br />
Inchinnan/Renfrew. Anything considered. Contact: Ewen<br />
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Article Submissions<br />
First of all, thank you very much to everyone who sends<br />
in their articles for The <strong>Advertizer</strong>. Each month we have<br />
plenty to choose from and, while we try to include as<br />
much as we can, some need to be cut back due to space<br />
restrictions.<br />
To make things easier for the little elves in the office,<br />
could we please ask if articles are submitted as text<br />
within the email. Ideally, articles should be no longer than<br />
300 words, but we do appreciate that sometimes it is<br />
necessary for more to get your message across and will<br />
accommodate if we can.<br />
And if sending in photographs, please send these as<br />
separate attachments to your email. If they are sent<br />
within a word document, we are unable to extract these<br />
to the high quality required for a good reproduction in<br />
print. These can be sent as JPG or PDF files, and 300dpi<br />
resolution is best, resized to within 8cm boundaries.<br />
If in any doubt, please call or email the office and the<br />
elves will be happy to advise you!<br />
Masquerade Ball raises £43,000 for<br />
Patient Care<br />
A sellout crowd of distinguished guests, including Provost Martin Brennan, enjoyed a fantastic<br />
night of entertainment at Greenock Town Hall on Saturday 10th March, when broadcaster Suzie<br />
McGuire hosted the Ardgowan Hospice Masquerade Ball sponsored by Specsavers Greenock.<br />
The highlight of this year’s event was the grand auction, run by Brian Clements of McTear’s<br />
auctioneers in Glasgow, which, along with the silent auction, raffle and other fundraising<br />
elements on the night, helped the event generate an amazing £43,000.<br />
The event included a heartfelt speech from Brendan Donnachie. He talked eloquently about<br />
the level care his father Joe received at the hospice and how the clinical and nursing staff<br />
helped support his family and made their days with their father special. The monies raised<br />
at the ball will give 72 days of dedicated patient care in the In-Patient unit to other families in<br />
Inverclyde. It could also fund 267 home visits from one of our Specialist Community Nurses<br />
– that’s daily visits for almost nine months. This gives patients and their families and carers<br />
practical, emotional and physical support in the comfort of their own home.<br />
This is a fantastic result and Lesley Brown from new headline sponsors Specsavers Greenock<br />
said, “We had a fabulous night at the Masquerade Ball and are so proud that we’re able to<br />
support a local cause to achieve these great results.”<br />
As well as headline sponsorship, Specsavers contributed two lots for the silent auction: his and<br />
hers designer glasses, including lenses. The ball was supported by many other local businesses<br />
including Golden Casket who provided delicious chocolates for all guests and a silent auction<br />
lot of a hamper of Millions sweets. The live auction was again hosted by Brian Clements of<br />
McTear’s Auctioneers, who also sponsored the event.<br />
Ian Marshall, Acting CEO, added: “This event demonstrates the amount of community support<br />
from individuals and local businesses to the work we do to provide services to people and<br />
their families living with life limiting conditions across Inverclyde. The hospice needs to raise<br />
over two-thirds of its everyday costs and the ball is one of the ways we help to continue to<br />
fund services. We thank all the attendees and supporters for their kindness and genuine<br />
support.”<br />
Big Thanks for Passing on your<br />
Musical Instruments<br />
Thanks for the great response from local people, schools, nurseries and organisations to<br />
‘Pass it on week’ in March. We’ve had violins, electric guitars, clarinets, drum kits, pianos<br />
and harmonicas handed into St Vincent’s Hospice Shops, LEAP Offices, schools and RAMH<br />
Re-use superstore.<br />
Our photo for Pass It On Week shows donated guitars already being put to good use at free guitar<br />
lesson for kids with Nico Guitariste.<br />
And although Pass It On Week is over<br />
if anyone has any instruments or<br />
equipment to donate they can contact<br />
Jen directly through email: info@<br />
musicbroth.org, Tel:07990638610 or<br />
drop any instruments into LEAP.<br />
Visit our Facebook page for more<br />
photos and updates - www.facebook.<br />
com/myleapproject<br />
deadline date for our may issue - Friday 13th <strong>April</strong> - You don’t want to miss it!!
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