Two Scottie-dog mad Dunbartonshire schoolgirls, who raised £2600 for Maggie’s, the cancer charity which supported their gran, Jane McNiven, through breast cancer, are making their way to Crufts and hoping to meet hosts Clare Balding and Claudia Winkelman.
Sisters Daphne (11) and Evie (9) and their gran are heading to Crufts to show their own wee Scottie dogs – and with the aim of promoting Maggie’s and its ‘Scotties in the City’ Art Trail to everyone in the doggy-community.
The two young schoolgirls recently held a ‘Meet the Scotties’ session at their school for fellow pupils – and they raised a fantastic £2600 on the day for Maggie’s, the expert cancer charity.
It was also announced on 25 February that the two young girls have won the ‘Creative’ category in the prestigious RKC Young Kennel Club Young Person of the Year awards for their commitment to raising the profile of Scottie dogs and promoting Maggie’s ‘Scotties in the City’ art trail.
The award will be presented this Sunday (8 March) at Crufts. The winner of the overall award will be announced then following a public vote on the five category winners.
Now, Evie and Daphne are heading to the prestigious dog show this week with their gran, Jane, to show off the family’s three Scotties, Edward, Dugald and Tromie, on Terrier’s Day.
While there, Jane, who has now made a recovery from breast cancer, hopes to raise awareness of Maggie’s ‘Scotties in the City Art Trail’ planned for this summer.
Jane said: “I’m now in recovery from breast cancer but Maggie’s supported me throughout my diagnosis and now myself and Daphne and Evie will be doing everything to promote Maggie’s as a charity and its Scotties in the City Art trail this year. We are really looking forward to showing our own Scottie dogs at Crufts and will be wearing our Scotties in the City orange t-shirts while we are there.
“Both Clare Balding and Claudia Winkelman are dog lovers and I am sure they will love the idea of the Scotties in the City Trail – especially with Claudia’s love of all things Scotland!”
Jane added: “The new Scotties art trail will be fabulous for brightening up Glasgow with its fantastic, giant-sized, colourful Scottie dogs. It will be such a fun trail for visitors to the city and for people who live here to visit with their families. And it will hopefully raise a lot of money for Maggie’s to support other people going through cancer.”
Hayley Smith, Project Manager for the Scotties in the City Trail for Maggie’s, said: “We really appreciate Jane, Daphne and Evie raising awareness of our new Scotties in the City art trail in the doggy world and in particular on Terrier’s Day at Crufts. We would absolutely love for Clare and Claudia to don a Scotties in the City orange t-shirt for Maggie’s to highlight the charity and our art trail!
“The vibrant Scotties in the City vibrant trail is set to take place for eight weeks over this summer – when a pack of 30 beautifully designed, giant Scottie dogs will take over Glasgow, including the city and its suburbs.
“Following the trail, the Scotties will be auctioned to raise much needed funds for Maggie’s centres across Scotland.
“At end of the trail, we will host an evening where we will auction off our beautiful, giant Scotties with the aim of raising as much money for Maggie’s, the cancer charity to support as many families going through cancer treatment as possible.”
Hayley added: “We are actually in our 30th anniversary year for Maggie’s and rely almost entirely on voluntary donations from individuals and the local community to enable our professional team to provide specialist cancer support, psychological support and benefits advice for absolutely everyone who needs it. The best bit is that no one needs an appointment to visit Maggie’s. Anyone who is worried about cancer can just come in.”
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