Hello everyone,
The fundraising evening which was to be held in Ellon on Wednesday 15th August @ The New Inn has been postponed until September. Further details will be posted on this website once available.
A big thankyou to Monica Stewart and James Falconer for the lovely service at the Trinity Cemetery, as always it was a lovely but quite emotional service.
If any bereaved fathers feel that they might want to attend a male only meeting, please let us know and we would try to see if this could be arranged, as many fathers find it hard to talk and may feel more comfortable talking to other bereaved dads.
The AGM will be held at the main Sept. meeting @ Emilys, there will be a few SMALL jobs for anyone willing to give a little bit of help. Any help with these tasks would be great.
Anyone willing to sew up some memory pockets please let me know. We really need to prepare as many as possible to have some sort of stock to supply the Rubislaw ward with when needed. Thank you very much to Fiona's mum for sewing so many.
For information on headstones or kerb stones please contact Department of Burials and Cremations, ACC, St Nicholas House, Aberdeen, for order forms and pricing information or contact our own Lesley MacKay.
Aberdeen SANDS would like to say a BIG thank you to Acergy (scs social club) who raised a fantastic £2500, this was kindly donated by work colleagues of Francoise Genolini.
Also a BIG thankyou to Bank of Scotland for their kind donation of £112.09, which was raised by staff having social evenings ie bowling and quiz nights.
A donation of £30 was kindly giving by CRUSE bereavement care Scotland which was by way of appreciation for the talk in Aberdeen that some of the SANDS girls did.
Michelle Milne very kindly donated a cheque for £132 in memory of her and Ian's precious baby.
A £5 donation was kindly received by Dorothy Stott.
Rhona and Steven Gerrard kindly sent a donation of £90 in memory of their precious boys Lewis and Keiran lovingly remembered.
Last but not least the running sisters of Aberdeen kindly donated £120 which was to buy baby shawls for use in Rubislaw ward, a very kind thought.
A huge thank you to you all.
If anyone's donation details don't appear on the newsletter , please let us know as we would hate to miss anyone out as they are all very greatly appreciated and make such a huge difference .
Many congratulations to Catherine and Dod on the birth of their beautiful girl Sally who was born on April 25th weighing 7lbs 14 ¾ ozs. Sally is a little sister for Andrew and the late Molly.
Also many congratulations to Sandra and Davie on the arrival of their beautiful girl Isla who was born on June 15th weighing 6lbs 11ozs. Isla is a little sister for Ross and the late Beth. Well done to you all on the birth of your gorgeous bundles of joy.
Should you wish to receive a card on the anniversary of your baby's death(s), please contact us with the following details (email: help@aberdeensands.com): your name and address, along with your babies name(s) and date of passing. Please advise if you wish the card on your babies' birth(s) or death(s), if there is a difference in the dates.
Any ideas or intentions of fundraising please let me know so I may let everyone else know!
The library now has new books for fathers to read and also more books for children to read too. Please remember to return books once you have finished with them. You do not need to come to a meeting to borrow books (or to return them).
Please contact us for the locations of meetings.
Wed 22nd August 8pm Next Pregnancy
Thu 6th Sept. 8pm AGM
Wed 19th Sept. 8pm Next Pregnancy
Thu 4th October 8pm Monthly Meeting
Wed 17th October 8pm Next Pregnancy
Thu 1st Nov. 8pm Monthly Meeting
If you have any contributions for the next newsletter please give them or email them to Susan Forsyth by the end of September. Thank you. My email address is forkie@btopenworld.com.
WED 26TH SEPTEMBER 10.50
WED 12TH DECEMBER 10.50