Pengwern college students go the extra Mayday Mile to support the RNLI.

Some of the staff at the college are crew members at the Rhyl station of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The crew mentioned that the charity was holding a fundraising event over May to raise much-needed funds. The past 18 months have been very difficult to get enough donations to keep the lifeboats safe, and so the idea to complete a sponsored walk around the college grounds was very welcome.
The students walked or ran around the school fields, escorted by the station's Landrover, and all managed to complete the event in plenty of time. In all, a total of £800.78 was raised by the pupils. They came to the boathouse on 22/6/2021 to present the cheque to coxswain Martin Jones and fellow crew members.
Martin said 'The RNLI is indebted to the pupils and staff of Pengwern. They are great supporters of the lifeboats because we have crew members who work on site'.
The attached picture shows pupils and staff visiting the lifeboat station at Rhyl. Credit Paul Frost MBE.

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