Donation to RNLI
About £80 in 5p coins collected by members were donated to the RNLI recently
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Donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of King’s Lynn Kate Craven, the Visits Officer and Water Safety Lead at the Old Hunstanton RNLI station, gave a most interesting talk on the work of the charity and specifically on the part played by the local station which has nearly 40 volunteers and which deals with some 40 calls for assistance each year, the majority of which are from kite surfers. The station has both a lifeboat and a hovercraft, one of only seven used by the RNLI. It is important because of the shallow-water rescues the crews sometimes have to deal with. The RNLI, which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2024, has some 458 lifeboats in the fleet, 163 of which can be used in all weathers.
At the meeting Kate was presented with some £80 in 5p coins which members had been collecting in small jars. However, a further donation of £250 will be made when members visit the local HQ at Hunstanton in February.
Photograph: Kate Craven and Rotary Community Chairman, Ian Mason, with the mini jars of 5p coins collected by members.
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