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Co-op membership funds Penlee

Lifeboats News Release

Members of RNLI Penlee’s fund raising team were invited to Newlyn Co-op on Saturday 23rd November to receive an amazing £5293.38 which was raised on the Co-op members card where the membership could nominate a charity.

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RNLI/Philip Monckton

Pictured left to right are: Leon Dixon Newlyn Co-op manager, Janet Madron Penlee branch chair, Christine Triggs Penlee fundraiser, Eric Taylor Penlee fundraising chairman and Phil Richards Co-op Penzance (Market Jew Street) manager.
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Thank you to all the Co-op members from Co-op at Newlyn, Queens Square and Market Jew Street who nominated Penlee Lifeboat for the funds which will help our RNLI volunteer crews to save lives at sea.

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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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Philip Monckton
Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer, Penlee Lifeboat Station

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