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Taking place on 20 January, the store provided customers visiting the Spar store with Scottish themed goody bags, Scottish product samples from family-owned PK Foods, Barr and Browning’s, plus licensed samples of Scottish whisky and gin. There were also prizes to be won from Spar’s spinning wheel.
In addition to the fun and activities, a very special donation took place during the festivities. A piper from Kilmarnock Pipe Band was in attendance and Spar Scotland donated £3,000 towards the pipe band’s youth programme called ‘Creating Positive Pathways’.
Paula Middleton, marketing manager for Spar Scotland, said: “When we heard about what Kilmarnock Pipe Band do for the local community of Kilmarnock and the tragedy of losing one of their young people last year, we knew we had to help.
“They are learning from this devastating tragedy and their response was setting up the KPB Youth Programme ‘Creating Positive Pathways’. We think this is a great way for them to support young people and we are very happy to give them the £3,000 donation which we hope will help with the programme’s running costs.”
2023 marks 90 years of Kilmarnock Pipe Band serving the Kilmarnock community. Meeting this fundraising goal means they can continue to develop their young players with their top-level coaching team and represent the community at the highest level of competition, including the World Championships which attracts an audience of 40,000 spectators on the day and many more via livestreaming.
Following a major refurbishment last year, Spar Crosshouse offers local residents of the village in East Ayrshire a vast array of products and services including a great food-to-go offer.
It employs 23 local people and has been serving the local community for over 30 years.
