A week of community donations for Rhyl RNLI

On Tuesday evening, during crew training Leanne Wilkinson visited the station with her family, to present an incredible diamond painting of Rhyl's new Shannon Class Lifeboat the Anthony Kenneth Heard. Diamond paintings are made up of thousands of coloured 2mm tiles glued together to create a picture, this particular one took Leanne 200 hours to complete.

Also on Tuesday evening crew member Charlie Williams and his family donated new hats and thermal socks for every crew member and two high powered torches at the station in memory of Charlie's grandad, Elfyn Morris, who sadly passed away last June. The money for the hats and socks was raised during Elfyn's funeral, with his initials being stitched on each hat in his memory.

On Thursday Adrian Downing and his family visited the station to present a cheque for an amazing £2458.86, which Adrian raised through completing a sponsored bike ride from Willenhall to Sunnyvale Caravan Park, Kinmel Bay a distance of around 100 miles.

Finally on Saturday night the crew were given a cheque for a fantastic £1750, from Sun Valley caravan park in Rhuddlan. Each year a team at the park led by members Roy & Jacqueline Mulholland raise money for a local charity, this year Rhyl RNLI has was chosen to be that charity.

Martin Jones, Coxswain of Rhyl Lifeboat says 'We've been really bowled over all four sets of donations to the station. Over the past few weeks the volunteers have been kept extremely busy with training on our new All Weather Lifeboat and also having a unusually busy number of call outs for this time of year. It's fantastic to see the community supporting the crew and we would like to say a huge thank you to each and every one of them'.

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,700 lives.

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