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Fishing competition nets big reward
7 Sep 2014We were very grateful to receive £1000 from members of “The Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire” at Lodge Dolphin Bonnybridge on 25/08/14-procees from their fishing competition. Present left –right. Gordon Sewell, Andrew McKinnon, Ian Cameron, Roy Wardlaw, Alf Crichton
Finding Scotland's Heroes
13 Aug 2014The Driving Force will be on STV's Finding Scotland's Heroes at 8pm on Friday 22nd August. Please tell everyone you know and ask them to watch and vote for us at the end of the show.
Event: Driver's sponsored sky dive
David MacMillan, one of our drivers, celebrated his 70th birthday by doing a tandem sky dive. So far he has raised over £800. WE think he is mad but congratulate him for being so brave.
Volunteering Awards
17 Jun 2014Ten volunteers received awards for volunteering with us for more than 5 years. Only five could make it to the Falkirk Vounteer Awards ceremony-here they are getting their medals from the provost. We are very grateful for all the hard work they have done.
Event: Coffe Morning
The coffee morning on May 24th was a big success. Much delicious home baking was consumed and we raised £1192.60. Many thanks to all involved.
Finding Scotland's Heroes
27 May 2014The Driving Force is one of 30 groups selected, from 531 nominations, to appear on STV's programme Finding Scotland's Heroes. Filming is taking palce on 10th June and the series will be on from mod August until end of September. 1 group from each category will receive an award after a telephone vote so please tell all your family and friends.
Event: Coffe Morning
We are having a Coffee morning on Sat May 24th from 10.30-12.30 at St Helen's Church Hall, High Street, Bonnybridge. There will be excellent home baking, a raffle and tombola, hand made cards for sale and a craft stall. Please come if you can and tell all your friends about it too.
Event: Burns Supper
A very successful Burns Supper was held at Bonnybridge Golf Club on 8th February. Great entertainment was provided by the Jolly Beggars. The event raised the fantastic total of £629.75 .
Prize Draw Makes £1391 for The Driving Force
5 Oct 2013We had a huge success selling tickets for our prize draw. We had lots of great prizes including £100 cash, a weekend in Scarborough and food and drink hampers.
The draw was made by Dennis Canavan - and here is a photo of some of the Committee, plus Denis himself picking a lucky winner. Many thanks to all those who helped with this venture.
Event: Bonny 10k
ON 22nd September Bonnybridge Community Council organised a very successful 10 km run round the local area. Here are our volunteers who manned the stand. We were very grateful to be chosen as the charity to benefit from the race and to receive a cheque for £320.70.
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