Julie, Rachel and Shannon from Mollans fish and chips in Shawbost on the West Side of the Isle of Lewis would like to ask for help raising funds for the RNLI (Stornoway) and the Coastguard Association Area 18 which covers the Western Isles, Skye and Lochaber. The funds donated will be in the names of Douglas, Tam and Murdo.

Following the recent tragic events earlier this week resulting in the loss of Douglas Craigie who was the skipper of The Kilda and with crew members Tam (Norman Murray) and Murdo Morrison still missing we felt helpless and felt the sadness across the Isles. Mollans uses local fish landed by local boats and are only too aware of the dangers that these brave men, and many others take to bring us their catches.

On Saturday 24th October we will be holding a fundraiser as we have in the past. We will be opening Mollans from 12 until 2 and then again from 4 until 7. ALL money (Not just profit) taken on the day will be split between these 2 deserving causes and going to the local branches where our incredible men and women have been working tirelessly to find and recover the missing men and who had the immensely difficult job of returning Douglas to his family.

All of the men and their families are from the West Side of Lewis and although we do not know them or their families we wanted to do something to help.

If you would like to come to the event then please contact us on Facebook or on here. If you can't get to the event please consider donating the cost of a fish supper (£10 to £15) or whatever you can afford to these 2 worthy charities. The money will be split 50/50 between the 2 charities with all money going to the 2 local branches. This is being raised with complete transparency and full receipts will be made public on our Facebook page or by request.

Thank you

Rachel, Julie and Shannon

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