Lethen Park 10 mile hike

Amanda Zglobis-Mccarthy is normally the Activities Coordinator at Lethen Park, but on 5th July she donned her walking boots and led the team using sheer grit and determination on a 10 mile fundraising hike around Portlethen. 

The care home put on a BBQ in the afternoon to welcome back the weary walkers and help them celebrate their achievement of raising over £2,000 as a team, Edith McKimmie raised over £1,000 alone. Edith was walking with her son Kyle, in loving memory of her father, James Booth, who lived at Lethen Park for a short time but the home made a big difference to the family.  Jonathan Wilson and his band played, to the delight of our residents, in loving memory of his late father, David Wilson, who lived at Lethen Park for over 5 years. 

Amanda comments: “We all really enjoyed tackling a 10 miler, the weather was so kind to us all!  I absolutely love walking and taking on challenges like this and we raised lots of money for the Foundation which is a fantastic charity.  I know all the staff, residents and relatives at Lethen Park were behind us and their support along with all the money we raised helped us go the distance!” 

Annette Brown, General Manager at Lethen Park adds: “I am so proud of the team completing the 10 miles, we all have so much determination and we succeeded.  It was amazing to see so many friends and family join us for a BBQ back at the home to celebrate with us, along with local companies; Greens Portlethen, McIntosh Donald Butcher and The Leathan.  We appreciated the generosity of our local businesses in donating food and drink for our BBQ. We can’t wait to go bigger and better next year!”

A huge thank you and well done to the organisers and everyone involved!