CLIC Sargent’s Boxing Day Dip with a Nip returns to Thurso
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THE second Dip with a Nip fundraising event is to be held in Caithness next month – and the organisers are hoping for an even bigger response than last year when over £17,500 was raised for the UK’s leading children’s cancer charity.
Peter Logie, CLIC Sargent’s community fundraiser for the Highlands, threw down the Boxing Day challenge this week.
“With a great local support group, I thought we stood a good chance of a successful event last year but the response of Caithness folk far exceeded my expectations. It was fantastic to see so many taking part and hundreds supporting them. Nearly a year on the charity is supporting even more families and from these parts,” he said.
“The financial pressures and logistical problems families face make the support from CLIC Sargent ever more essential.”
The charity gives financial help to families to cope with the pressures and provides free all-inclusive holidays at a big holiday house at Prestwick.
Last year around 100 people aged between eight and 60 – and in a variety of costumes – took part in the event at Thurso Bay.
By Boxing Day, another 540 families will have been told their child has cancer. “Please help us support them if you can,” added Mr Logie.
