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November
30, 2004
Western Daily Press Deputy Editor Chris Cowley drove down to Burnham-On-Sea RNLI lifeboat station on Monday November 29th to hand over a cheque for £1,500 to Martin Cox, Lifeboat Operations Manager.
Lifeboat Operations Manager Martin Cox said: "We are delighted with the continuing support from the Western Daily Press towards our new RNLI lifeboat station which has been operating for nearly twelve months."
Our main photo shows Martin Cox (left) receiving a cheque for £1,500 from Chris Cowley. Watching at the rear of the photograph are station members Ricky Holmes (Tractor driver), Mike Andrews (Shore helper), Ray Parker (Shore helper), Chris Adams (Shore helper), Keith Holman (Boathouse manager) and Gavin Holman (Training coordinator). They are sitting in Burnham-On-Sea RNLI's Staines Whitfield lifeboat. RELATED LINKS: Western
Daily Press Lelaina Rescue Appeal
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The
Western Daily Press newspaper has handed over a cheque for £1,500
to Burnham-On-Sea RNLI as
part of the Lelaina rescue appeal which aims to raise £15,000
per year over a five year period.
He
added: "The cheque received today will go towards funding the considerable
amount of training required for our expanding lifeboat and shore crew.
We have had seventeen callouts to date, and proved the need for this
up-to-date resource.”