Millie's sponsored run raises funds for Hartlepool RNLI
Nine year old Millie Crangle raised over £400.00 when she took part in the recent ‘Junior Great North Run’ to fundraise for the Hartlepool RNLI lifeboat station where her dad Mark is a volunteer crewmember.
Millie said ‘It was great fun taking part in the event with all the other runners at Newcastle and the training really helped and I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who sponsored me’.
Millie's dad Mark said ‘both myself and wife Karen are extremely proud of Millie’.
‘It was a pleasure to watch her taking part in the run and knowing that her fundraising effort will help save lives at sea by supporting the work of the RNLI’.
Hartlepool RNLI Lifeboats Operations Manager Chris Hornsey said ‘We are all delighted with Millie’s fantastic donation to the station’.
‘The money raised will both help train and provide some of the best kit available for our volunteer crewmembers’.
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