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Hunstanton Tesco shows love for the RNLI with Valentines Day raffle

Lifeboats News Release

A seaside supermarket has launched a Valentine's Day raffle to raise funds for the RNLI.

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Josh Jeffries from Tesco, Hunstanton (left) with Stormy Stan and Jackie Merralls
Tesco at Hunstanton in Norfolk has put together a must-have bundle to treat your true-love on February 14.

It includes Prosecco, chocs, candles and other heart-shaped goodies.

Tickets are on sale in the store for £1 a strip, with all proceeds going to the charity that saves lives at sea.

Josh Jeffries, its services manager, said: 'We wanted to show the community we support them and an obvious way to do that is the RNLI.'

Jackie Merralls, treasurer at Hunstanton RNLI, said: 'It's great Tesco are giving their customers the chance to show their love for the RNLI - plus someone's going to win a very special prize.'

Stormy Stan turned up to check out the prize, before heading off to do a little Valentine's Day gift shop of his own.

Being the strong, silent type, he declined to divulge who'll be the lucky one on 14 February.

Notes to Editors

Hunstanton is one of the busiest lifeboat stations in Norfolk, whose volunteers operate the fast inshore lifeboat Spirit of West Norfolk and the search and rescue hovercraft Hunstanton Flyer.

Like more than 230 RNLI stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland, its lifesaving work of is funded entirely by the generosity of those who donate towards the charity that saves lives at sea.

RNLI media contacts

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



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Stormy Stan with Josh Jeffries and the Valentine's Day raffle prize at Tesco in Hunstanton

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Stormy Stan takes time out for some Valentine's Day shopping

RNLI/Chris Bishop

Josh Jeffries (left) Stormy Stan and Jack Merralls at Tesco in Hunstanton

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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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