This Friday night the Chair and Secretary of Tenants and Residents in Muirhouse will both be sleeping on the floor at Pilton Youth & Children’s Project to raise money for the Radio Forth Cash for Kids Appeal.
Robert Pearson and Karma Lennon hope to raise enough money for at least two children to get a bed from their efforts. Robert said: “I am in a privileged position where I can help others in our community, over the years I have been involved in TRIM I have visited families who had no beds at all and Mum, Dad and the children were sleeping on sheets in one bedroom to keep warm. Thanks to the support of our community I was able to get them beds, sheets and duvets.
“It’s a hard thing to ask for help, but residents have grown to trust TRIM and I am confident that people will turn to us for help.Taking part in this sleep over is my way of helping a great appeal, and it’s fantastic to thing that our own community will benefit.”
You can sponsor them in two ways:
- Via the Everyday Hero website – Here
- In the community shop on Pennywell Road
We spoke to Julie Crawford from Link-up which was behind the original plan for setting up the Community Shop and to Karma to find out why she is going to make herself so uncomfortable on Friday night!
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People in the Muirhouse area are becoming involved in a sponsored sleepover at the Pilton Youth & Children’s Project on 31 July 2015. Karma Lennon is the Secretary of Tenants and Residents in Muirhouse and she will be sleeping over to raise funds for the Radio Forth Cash for Kids appeal. This aims to raise money to provide beds for children in the area who don’t have one. Sponsor them now!
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