More than a tonne of potatoes shifted as Buddies chip in to help sick youngster

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Buddies turned up in their droves to take advantage of an incredible offer from a conscientious chippy who put on a special deal to raise funds for a young boy’s life-saving cancer treatment.Andy’s Golden Fry offered customers a £2 supper deal on Tuesday – with queues of happy customers lining Causeyside Street to show their support for the family business’ charitable offering.Hungry Buddies contributed £4,262 to the fundraiser for four-year-old Calum Rae from Troon, South Ayrshire, who has high-risk neuroblastoma – a rare but aggressive cancer, which has a five-year survival rate of about 50 per cent.Calum’s parents are trying to raise £250,000 to send him to America for a drug trial that could prolong his life.Andy Speirs from Andy’s Golden Fry told the Express he’s heard about Calum’s plight from a friend – who was also running a fundraiser – and decided he’d do what he could.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies. Available on both Android and Apple.

D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial Andy said: “We’ve done a few similar fundraisers like this in the past and I’d heard about Calum and decided that we’d do it again, and it was a great success.”From noon, customers