Westward Ho! Craft Market Tombola raised £574 for Appledore RNLI.
For three year’s Margaret Smith has been organising a fortnightly craft market throughout the summer at Westward Ho! This always includes a tombola to raise money for Appledore RNLI where all the prizes are kindly donated by the crafters.
On average between eighteen and twenty crafters attend each market which attract around 2-300 visitors at each event. With Chris Noble taking over the Tombola this year and able to concentrate more time to this fundraising, Tombola takings have over doubled from previous years and this year a massive £574 was raised. On Tuesday 12th November, Margaret Smith came to Appledore Lifeboat station to present the cheque in person to the volunteer crew just before they went out on their weekly training exercise.
The RNLI is wholly funded by donations, fundraising and legacies, and Appledore Lifeboat crew are extremely grateful to Margaret, Chris and all the crafters.
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The RNLI charity 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 146,000 lives.
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