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It’s taken me a full 24 hours to recover enough to tell you all about yesterday! I was a tired wee ginger burd right enough last night — and honestly, we all were over here at L&F.
But man… it was worth it.
Our launch of Loaves & Fishes at the Greenhills Community Hub was just… AMAZING.
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🎀 Ribbon Cutting, Red Carpet & Real Emotion
People were queuing to come in. The Aitken family came, had the best time, and I hope they were proud of us. The ribbon cutting was incredibly emotional — a real moment for so many of us.
Our brilliant neighbours from WNWN came along too. The speeches, the red carpet, the whole fancy business… Thank you, girls. That meant the world to me.
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💷 A Surprise Success
This wasn’t meant to be a fundraiser. But somehow, we raised £2,100!
So many lovely people came just to say hello. So many truly interested people came to learn more. And so many people essential to our survival showed up — generous, regular contributors who finally got to see how they literally feed people, every single day.
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🏡 A Hub Full of Heart
We showed everyone around. We all spoke with as many people as we could. We shared our passion and love for what we do — and we meant every word.
Do you want to know the two most important reasons yesterday was a success?
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1️⃣ Everyone left smiling.
Full of food. Full of cake.
And — I hope — full of the warmth we so desperately want to share.
2️⃣ Our volunteers left me speechless.
They were non-stop.
Working, helping, chatting, laughing.
Sharing their own L&F stories. Living proof of what this place really means.
As I said in my wee talk — it’s all them. It’s all you.
Yesterday, it was all of us. Together.
Thank you for making all their hard work worth it.
All the late nights. All the sleepless nights.
I hope it shows in these pictures. I really, really hope it shows.
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🙏 From Our Family, to Yours
Thank you for being part of the Loaves & Fishes family.
Together, we CAN keep giving people #fulltummieswarmheartsclearheads.
Together, we are a community.
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🍟 A Special Thank You
Huge love to Kraken Chippy – East Kilbride for working for free and donating all profits from the day. You are heroes.
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📸 I’ll be sharing more photos and thank-yous in my next post. But for now, let’s leave it here…
Let’s end with the volunteers,
with you,
with the donors,
with our family.
Let’s end on family. ❤️
Loaves and Fishes EK 