A CARDROSS schoolgirl has donated £655 to her local food bank after a month-long fund-raising effort. Eight-year-old Erin Packham ran at least a mile every day in December, racking up sponsorship donations along the way. She was inspired by her mum, Sara, who set herself the challenge of running three miles a day for the full month. Sara said: “She plays tennis and football, but she’s never been particularly into running - she’s just on the go all the time. “We live on a farm, so she was able to do it quite independently which was great. “For a few of the runs, she came and did three miles with me, but most of them she just got up and went on her own.
Isobell Howitt and Andy Alderson from the Co-operative Food store in Cardross with items donated by customers for the Helensburgh and Lomond Foodbank CUSTOMERS at the Co-operative Food store in Cardross have been lending a hand to the Helensburgh and Lomond Foodbank s efforts to make sure families in the area don t go hungry this Christmas. The store has been collecting food items throughout the pandemic, and Rev Maggie McArthur, the minister at Cardross Parish Church, popped in last week to pick up the latest bags full of items for the volunteer-run food bank. Andy Alderson, the store s manager, said: All of us at Cardross Co-op would just like to thank the generosity of our local community who each week donate hundreds of pounds to Helensburgh and Lomond Foodbank which in these difficult times must help out families so much.