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Our aim is to provide support to community projects for example over the last two years we have supported Boomer Industries Macmillan Cancer coffee morning and Spanboards quiz night in aid of Colitis and Crohns Disease. We feel that these are both very worthwhile causes and encourage all at QIN to take part.
Day for Sick Children – Kilwaughter By Alan Welshman MD QIN Ltd and PCGB regional organiser region 27 Ireland
QIN Ltd are used to writing articles based on Business Improvement however this time we are covering a very important aspect of business in Northern Ireland - sponsored charity events bringing companies together with a common goal of supporting children with special needs. This will be a six monthly occasion continuously improving based on this year’s event.
This event had been planned for some time mainly by Alan & Alyson Welshman, Sara Skelton and Karen McCague. The purpose was to provide handicapped children, children with brain injuries etc and their families with a day of fun; to take their minds off their normal day to day struggles. The weather was fine and over eighty five people came along plus 17 drivers and their beautiful cars, although one of these was a Ferrari! The event was kindly sponsored by Genesis Breads, Grampian Country Pork, Crossgar Meats, Easability Showers, Tyrone Crystal, QIN BIT Ltd and Agnew – Porsche. The drivers for the day came from both Region 27 and Region 1, these members gave up their time to ensure the children had the opportunity to enjoy a fun drive in some stunning cars, the event team on the day is too large to cover but the Region 27 committee would like to thank them all for the fantastic support on the day.
A special mention goes to Sgt. Gary McMaster – PSNI Larne for his assistance and the Traffic Branch motorbike escorts for the way they handled the coastal drive. Also a big thank you to Karen McCague – CBIT, for enlisting most of the families. Thank you also to our Region 1 friends; Alan Seadon & Anne Marie McEvoy, Peter & Susan O’Malley, Asish Hurhangee and Clare & Ferdie Le Fevre who travelled over from Scotland to show their support, we really appreciated and enjoyed their company.
Thanks to all the drivers including Steven Thomas from Agnews – Porsche, who brought along a stunning 997 Cabriolet and played games with the children all day.
It was a privilege to have these special children spend the day with us, see below some of the feedback from the families
Hindes Family
“To everyone involved with the Porsche day for all their hard work and expense and their dedication to making a special day for all the children and their families. We had such a great day out and have some lovely memories and special gifts to look back on. Thanks so much”Howell family,
“Thanks so much for making the kids and our day too, we had a blast and everyone was so nice us!!”Gorden Family
“We had an amazing time and do keep us informed of any other days you have like this. The cars were out of this world!”McKee family
“We can’t believe all this was done for the families, the kids are still talking about their drive in a Porsche a week later, thanks a million for making it a special day for Jamie”Brolly family
“We had an amazing time, really great family day out, as there is something to do for everyone’’McCartney family
“We loved the drive, we arrived late and still were taken out and it made the children’s day, everyone was so helpful and kind, many many thanks’’
Here’s looking forward to the next event