Raith Rovers fans encouraged to donate toys for kids before Championship game

Pictures: David Torrance MSP's office (above) and Kenny Smith/DC Thomson (below)

Raith Rovers fans are being encouraged to donate toys for children in the build up to their home game against Queen's Park this weekend.

Volunteers from The Family Cottage Centre in Kirkcaldy will be present outside Stark's Park prior to kick-off at 3pm tomorrow (19 November).

The club, which has already started their Cottage Christmas Appeal, was joined by local MSP David Torrance on a recent visit to the charity's Marwood House.

Cash donations and gift donations are also being accepted.

The Cottage Family Centre's Big Hoose Fife Project is spearheaded by former UK Prime Minister and ex-Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP Gordon Brown, one of Raith Rovers' most famous supporters.

Many organisations, including Fife's largest employer Amazon at Dunfermline, are also part of the project.

Meanwhile, Pepsico, the major American food business with a facility at Cupar, has been confirmed at the project's Lochgelly warehouse, as the latest big name to get involved.

The warehouse has been provided by Bob Purvis, Chairman of The Purvis Group.

Pepsico, host to brands such as Quaker Oats, Lay's and Pepsi, are distributing porridge oats to many people across Fife in need of support this winter.

Nearly 50,000 families have already been supported by the project this year, with as many as 500,000 goods aimed to be distributed.

Anas Hassan, our Kingdom FM reporter, had a chat with The Cottage Family Centre's Kelly Rodgers, Team Manager, and Grant Barnes, Logistics Coordinator, to find out more about what the charity is doing at the Championship club:

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