Cash boost for Hartlepool RNLI
A Headland pub raised £150.00 for the local lifeboat station recently.
Elaine Gooding of the Pot House pub said ‘The money was raised from a variety of fundraising events here and we are very proud to support the work of the Hartlepool RNLI'.
Hartlepool RNLI Lifeboats Operations Manager Chris Hornsey said ‘We are very grateful to Elaine and the fundraisers at the Pot House for the donation which will go towards running costs at the lifeboat station’.
Elaine Gooding pictured presenting the cash to volunteer RNLI crewmember Andy Johnson outside the Pot House pub.
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