Bowls ladies help lifeboat rescuers

Stuart Powney, chairman of the town’s branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), and treasurer John Redshaw were recently presented with a cheque for £512 by Barbara Harsant, president of the bowls association, who chose it as one of her charities to support during 2012.

Mrs Harsant also presented a donation of the same amount to the Wythall Animal Sanctuary.

The RNLI, which provides a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service and a seasonal lifeguard service, is dependant on voluntary donations to fund the supply of lifeboats and life-saving equipment and to meet the running costs of 235 lifeboats around the British Isles. To find out more, go online.

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