[3] A year later, she spent two months distributing blankets and relief to Greek Refugees at Euboea, who had been driven from their villages by Turkish invaders during the Greco-Turkish War.
[3] Continuing with her aid work, Hay visited Russia in 1899, setting up a relief centre for the famine-stricken people [8] of Kazan.
She moved to St Abbs where she helped establish the lifeboat station after witnessing the loss of the Danish Steamer[1] Alfred Erlandsen with all its crew.
[4] She was involved in the Celtic Revival movement, being a good friend of Ella Carmichael and Margery Kennedy Fraser,[1] and was a member of the Highland Association.
[8] She invited friends to lecture at the Church Literary Society including Antarctic explorer William Spiers Bruce and scientist and town planner Patrick Geddes.