President Mike Rowe introduced our speaker Ian Robertson from "Cash for Kids" the charity of Radio Forth. Primarily "Cash for Kids" raises funds to provide a helping hand for deprived children in the Radio Forth broadcast area (Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife).
It is estimated that one in four kids in the area live in poverty. A considerable amount of the funds provide Christmas presents and other treats for kids in poverty and assistance for autistic and disabled children. Their biggest donation was an artificial hand to a child who had been born without a right hand.
The charity also provides beds, bedding, new clothes and shoes in hardship cases. Their fund raising target for this year is
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