A squad of Hearts supporters from Broxburn have organised a stroll from Uphall to Tynecastle to lift cash for a neighborhood most cancers charity.
Members of the Broxburn Hearts Supporters Membership will embark on the 12-mile stroll on Sunday (August 14), the day Hearts will play off towards Dundee, to lift cash for the Shannon Hughes basis.
The fundraiser was organised by 22-year-old civil servant, Jack Egan, and his group of buddies, who've executed two related fundraisers up to now and have since been joined by different members of the Broxburn Hearts supporters membership.
To this point the membership have raised £370 of their £2000 goal on JustGiving, with much more in money donations.
Broxburn Hearts Supporters Membership will even run a raffle to lift cash for the native charity, with prizes like a hospitality package deal at Tynecastle stadium, signed boots from Cammy Devlin, a signed Craig Gordon print, and vouchers for eating places round Broxburn.
The group, who graduated from Broxburn Academy in 2017, have accomplished the stroll for charity twice earlier than - for the primary time in 2019 elevating cash for Prostate Most cancers UK, and for MND Scotland in 2021.
Jack Egan stated: ”We’ll be strolling all the way in which into Tynecastle - leaving from the Oatridge Lodge in Uphall the place the supporters bus often leaves from.
“This’ll be the third time we’re doing the stroll - hopefully we’ll get good climate for it this yr!
“I’m hoping it’ll be a very good sport. I used to be assured we’d do effectively till final Saturday once we had been a few objectives down within the first half hour, we aren’t wanting as nice as I assumed.
“We’ll be leaving about half eight and we often get there about one-ish. We might most likely get there a bit faster however there are just a few sluggish walkers that maintain us again a bit, and we additionally prefer to cease for a pint in Ratho about midway by.
“This yr we’re elevating cash for a neighborhood charity, the Shannon Hughes basis, who help individuals affected by childhood most cancers.
“We had been in the identical yr as Shannon and her story actually affected the entire group, so it’s solely becoming to do one thing for the charity in her title.”
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