A Moray cancer charity organised a family fun day yesterday to put the smile on the faces of youngsters battling the disease.
Thousands turned out at Logan’s Fund in Lossiemouth where they enjoyed bouncy castles, slides, stalls and balloons.
The event has been running for eight years now and yesterday was believed to be the biggest one yet.
Archie Salter, an eight-year-old who was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma cancer in October last year and told by oncologists that he would have to go to America for treatment, was among those enjoying the fun.
After a fundraising campaign was launched by family friends the charity stepped in and provided thousands of pounds to make the trip possible.
His mother Kim Salter explained how it all came about.
She said: “The charity found out about it through word of mouth as Lossiemouth is a small place.
“We went out to the states in January and got back in March.
“Archie had scans at the end of May and is now in remission.
“We’ve got more tests on Tuesday but I’m confident it’s positive.”
She added: “He’s coped very well with it, it if was me I would have been panicking.
“He enjoys football and plays every day and really enjoyed the day today.
“He will have to have scans every two months for the next 10 years though.”
And Cameron Mackintosh, the chairman of Logan’s Fund, also hailed the day as a success.
He said: “We’ve been running the day for eight years now and we think this one was the busiest one yet.
“We had 600 burgers here in the early afternoon and they were all gone pretty quickly.
“Some of the stalls we had were sold out very early on too.
He added: “We’ll definitely be doing it again next year but we might make a few changes to keep it interesting after eight years.”
