Every shopper is given a green disc to drop into a collection box choosing between their three chosen Charities of the month - then these discs are counted and the £1000 is donated on a pro rata basis.

PLEASE COLLECT YOUR GREEN DISC FROM ANY WAITROSE AND POP THEM INTO THE LYMINGTON COLLECTION BOX

New Typhoon drysuits and Baltic Life jackets were presented to the crew of Solent Rescue by Bournemouth based C.F.K Promotions during February, this continued the critical ongoing supporting role has been developed between these two organisations over the last two years.

Cameron Critchfield from Solent Rescue stated:

“CFK have donated in excess of £5,000 to our small lifeboat charity, we really appreciate the time and effort that CFK has invested in us.  Going forward, we hope to further enhance our working relationship as without their support, our crew members would not be able to so effectively concentrate on the primary goal of the unit”.

Solent Rescue crew members give up their time all year round to ensure that they are able to put a vessel at the disposal of Her Majesty’s Coastguard when on active service.

"Looking after the busiest recreational water way in the world is by no means an easy task, these people deserve all the help we can give them"

said Mrs Mcmenamin from C.F.K Promotions.

We had a can shake in Hythe on Saturday 20 February 2010 where the residents helped us raise £670.00. Some of the crew including Cam, Damo, Micky, and Annabelle dressed up in their new kit and Tim, Trevor and myself wore the new fluorescent orange over jackets which clearly say 'Solent Rescue Lifeboat' on them. Thankfully the sun shone although it was cold and the people of Hythe were friendly and very interested in Solent Rescue.

The next can shake is on Saturday March 6th at Lymington lets hope we can be as fortunate with the weather and raise more much needed funds.

From The Daily Echo:

Volunteers behind the life-saving Solent Rescue are asking for some help themselves - as they try to repair their weather damaged lookout post.  The Lepe Beach sea rescue crew, which works every weekend and around the clock during busy sailing events like Cowes Week and the Round the Island Race, needs to raise £5000.00 to fix damage to the roof, worktops and equipment.

The team covers a 33square mile area across to the Isle of Wight and down to Hurst Castle.  Please contact the Secretary Kate Walker if you can help.

For one day only the independent lifeboat crews of the United Kingdom will be joining forces on Friday, 26th February to raise awareness for the lifeboat stations that operate outside the auspices of the RNLI.

Throughout the UK there are around 100 lifeboat units that are run by independent lifeboats throughout the UK and not by the RNLI and every year their volunteer crews respond to pager callouts.

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