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Shetland sisters Susan Burns and Ali Rennie have donated £1900 to the MRI Scanner Appeal to mark the lives of their parents, Tom and Patricia Bulley, who died last year.

A lot has been done to raise money for the MRI Scanner Appeal but raffling your chest hair (it made £65!) takes the prize for the most original effort.

The beautiful voice of Shaun Simpson has raised £2000 for the MRI Scanner Appeal through sales of his CD “Oldies but Goldies” – and more have been made to meet ongoing demand. He handed over the cheque to MRI Scanner Appeal fundraising manager, Derek Hart recently.

Shetland’s biggest Star Trek fan, Davy Leask, has secured three cards, signed by Hollywood A-lister Brent Spiner – aka Lieutenant Commander Data - to be raffled for the MRI Scanner Appeal.

The party-after-the-party for a highschooler is not a time when charity fundraising is top of mind but, this year, the S5s at the Anderson High School surpassed expectations. Through their Bean Feast after-party, held at Gremista Farm on Friday, December 13, they raised £1000 for the MRI Scanner – money which has been handed over by party organiser and Anderson pupil, Vhairi Graham, 16.