Boy raises £200 for Scarborough RNLI
A six-year-old lifeboat supporter raised nearly £200 for Scarborough RNLI by making and selling lemonade.
Declan McCoubrey had a little assistance from his mum Prue Hick.
Between them, they made a batch of lemonade with lemons and sugar. Declan’s dad, Drew McCoubrey, helped him paint a table yellow and white. They stood it outside their home in Greenstead Road, Newby. Declan’s big sister Evie, 10, helped make the signs.
It was a hot day and friends and neighbours bought so many glasses of the thirst-quenching beverage that two more batches had to be made.
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