
Oyster Lady supports Oban lifeboat
All the money that goes into an Argyll roadside honesty box to pay for fresh oysters will this weekend be donated to support the work of Oban RNLI.
Judith MacDougall Vajk and her husband Hugo set up the Caledonian Oyster Company after they took over a farm growing Pacific and native oysters in Loch Creran in 1995.
Judith says the lifeboat offers an essential emergency service for everyone who lives, works and plays on the sea and seashore:
‘The lifeboat volunteers do a fantastic job. They go out whatever the weather without question.
‘My husband Hugo died in Loch Creran a few years ago and the RNLI looked after him.
‘I have particular reason to appreciate the work the Oban lifeboat does, and I started fundraising one weekend a year to say thank you.’
Proceeds from oyster sales and any donations placed in the honesty box beside the Benderloch to Barcaldine road this Saturday and Sunday (27 and 28 May) will be donated to Oban RNLI.
For further information, please contact:
John Macgill Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer for Oban RNLI on 07711548672
Natasha Bennett, Regional Media Officer (Scotland), on 07826 900639 or [email protected]
Martin Macnamara, Regional Media Manager (Scotland), on 07920 365929 or [email protected]
RNLI Press Office 01202 336789 or [email protected]
Notes to Editors
The RNLI is the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Oban Lifeboat volunteers last year celebrated fifty years of saving lives at sea.
Oban is a busy station serving one of the largest stretches of coastline in the UK, flanked by RNLI colleagues based at Tobermory, Islay and Campbeltown.
The Oban volunteer crew operate the Trent Class All Weather lifeboat Mora Edith MacDonald from our base at the South Pier on Gallanach Road, close to the CalMac ferry terminal.
Key facts about the RNLI
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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Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.