Blooming great idea for supported living fundraiser
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A COLLABORATIVE fundraiser has been launched this week between Inspire, Your Life, Our Support and The Rotary Club of Inverurie to raise funds towards providing a summerhouse at Inspire's St James Court service for local people with additional support needs.
The hope is to receive money through £1 pledges to raise funds for the summerhouse.
Those who pledge can either receive a crocus corm to plant in their own garden, or can choose to donate a crocus corm to be planted in the garden at St James Court itself.
This is thanks to a generous donation of 4000 crocus corm's from the Rotary Club of Inverurie, who approached Inspire with the idea to raise funds for the structure.
Inspire support worker, Laura Purves at St James Court said: "Thanks to the generous donation of the crocus corms and help from the Rotary Club of Inverurie, funds raised will go towards the installation of a summerhouse in the rear garden at Inspire's St James Court.
"This will not only be used for activities for residents such as arts and crafts, parties, and afternoon teas, but will help at this time, when deemed safe to do so, add the facilitation of visits within existing guidance from family and friends of those who live there, as well as providing additional space for people to get a change of scenery from their individual flats and aid their mental health and wellbeing at this challenging time."
Inspire Support worker and rotarian Neil Baillie, who's idea was to raise the funds for the summerhouse said: "As the crocus Corm's flower in early spring with a wonderful purple flower, and Inspire's logo is purple, a colour well associated to additional needs, it seemed obvious for Inspire and the Rotary Club to work together to raise funds for two good causes, eradicating polio and funding a summerhouse.
"I really do hope that we will be in a position to invite rotarian's and Inspire service users to the garden in Spring 2021 to enjoy seeing the crocuses and the new summerhouse."
Rotary Club Youth and Community Service Convenor Jim Sommerville said: "The cost of the crocus corm's to the Inverurie Rotary Club will be donated to the Rotary International campaign to rid the world of Polio.
"Rotary have spearheaded the campaign at a time when there were over 1000 polio cases a day in 125 countries, paralyzing and killing children. "Today. the number of cases is down by 99.9per cent.
"For many years the Rotary club of Inverurie has raised money in a number of ways to contribute to this project, and this year contributing the cost of the crocus corm's to Inspire will help eradicate Polio."
If you wish to donate, please contact us through the Inverurie Rotary Club Facebook page or send your donations to Inspire, St James Court, St James Place, Inverurie, AB51 3TE.
