Courageous members of an under-16s rugby membership had a furry expertise after they obtained their legs out for a charity leg wax.
Fourteen of the lads from Loch Lomond Rugby Membership gritted their tooth at Alexandria’s Past Magnificence in Miller and Lowrie Hair salon.
It was all to generate funds for Ronald McDonald Home in Glasgow – with a whole lot of kilos raised and extra nonetheless coming in.
The boys had an amazing incentive to participate too – with workers from McDonald’s in Balloch turning up with baggage of free meals.
Pauline Thumath, who helped organise the occasion, advised how happy with the boys she was for collaborating – certainly one of whom is her son Dominic.
The charity is near her coronary heart, having given her important assist whereas two of her youngsters had been in intensive care after they had been infants.
The mum-of-five mentioned: “The boys had been wonderful and all did remarkably nicely. Fourteen of them obtained their legs waxed from the knee to the ankle.
“They supported one another all through and didn’t go away till the final one was achieved.
“They should have been sore however all went off afterwards to do some coaching earlier than their sport on Sunday!
“McDonald’s workers are very grateful to the rugby membership for answering their name.
“This occasion advantages a charity near all of the workers’s hearts.
“A charity that represents retaining households collectively in the course of the worst doable time.”
Pauline defined how Balloch’s McDonald’s picked the organisation as their chosen charity and had been exploring concepts for fundraisers.
She mentioned: “My husband works there and my two youngsters even have part-time jobs there on Saturdays.
“Once they requested for fundraising concepts, I instructed placing it out to totally different golf equipment.
“Dominic requested his teammates Loch Lomond Rugby Membership under-16s they usually mentioned they had been up for it.
“McDonald’s additionally mentioned they might give anybody who did it a free meal, which I believe helped!
“Tracey, our beautician from Miller and Lowrie was implausible and stored reassuring every lad how nicely they had been doing.
“She mentioned afterwards that it was the spotlight of the yr to this point for her.
“It was an amazing occasion for all concerned – for Loch Lomond Rugby Membership, Tracey, Ronald McDonald and Balloch McDonald’s.
“It introduced everybody collectively.”
Pauline and husband Paul had been nicely taken care of by Ronald McDonald Home, which provides kin a protected base subsequent to the hospital, for 4 months when son Callum was born weighing only one and a half kilos and was handled in Yorkhill in 2003.
Then, in January 2007, Dominic was additionally handled in intensive care when he developed RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) at two months outdated.
Pauline added: “Balloch McDonald’s replicates the ethos of this charity because the workforce is made up of 1 massive completely satisfied household atmosphere of which many households have two or three members working there.”
Anyone wishing to donate can go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/frasers-fundraiser-for-ronald-mcdonald-house