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Talk on work of station inspired Rotary Club donation to Hunstanton RNLI

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A Norfolk Rotary Club donated £450 to the charity that saves lives at sea after a volunteer gave an inspiring talk.

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Mel Robson from King's Lynn Rotary Club presents a cheque to Launch Authority Jeff Lenton at Hunstanton RNLI
King's Lynn Rotary Club presented a £450 cheque to Hunstanton RNLI after lifeboat Spirit of West Norfolk returned from a training launch on Sunday 21 July.

Mel Robson from the 20-strong club said the money came from a £250 donation from Rotary, along with £200 she raised by hosting a garden party at her home in Downham Market with her husband Paul.

'I was the president of the Rotary Club until the end of June,' she said. 'So it was my last hurrah.'

She added the club decided to make the donation after Kate Craven, Station Visits Officer and Water Safety Lead at Hunstanton RNLI gave a talk to members on the work of the station.

'We were so impressed,' she said. 'We thought we'd have garden party and donate money to Hunstanton RNLI.'

Notes to editors

This year marks the 200th anniversary of both the RNLI and the founding of a lifeboat service at Hunstanton.

Today's crew operate both an Atlantic 85 fast inshore lifeboat, Spirit of West Norfolk and the search and rescue hovercraft Hunstanton Flyer.

Like more than 200 stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland, its lifesaving work would not be possible without the kindness of those who donate or remember the RNLI in their wills.

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For more information call Chris Bishop, Hunstanton RNLI volunteer Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer on 07584 147219, Clare Hopps, Regional Media Officer on 07824 518641, or the RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789.

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