Six year old Wade choses Ramsgate RNLI as his super hero
Meet Wade Emptage, a young boy who chose to dress up as an RNLI crew member for his school’s Super Hero Day.
Wade is six years old and when his school, Bromstone Primary School in Broadstairs, asked the children to dress up for Super Hero’s Day he had no hesitation on deciding who he wanted to be.
He wanted to go as a member of the RNLI. The school has asked that they dress as real life heroes, not comic book ones and as Wade’s mother is a great supporter of the RNLI it seemed natural that he should dress up as a crew member complete with yellow wellies.
Wade’s mother has given us permission to post his picture as she supports the RNLI and everything that it stands for. Without people like Wade and his mum we cannot do our job as we rely entirely on donations from the public, so we think that Wade is our Super Hero too! Thank you Wade!
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