George Presents His Cheque to RNLI Hunstanton
Posted by David Jones of RNLI Hunstanton
Nine year old George Smith from Burnham Thorpe, simply wanted to “try to swim 5000 metres and make a difference” but ended up raising £1,301.12 for two great causes.
George’s father works at sea on a rig and an urgent need for his Cub Scout group to raise funds to by camping equipment for their summer camp, George challenged himself to a sponsored swim, hoping to “do it non-stop to get a new swimming badge”
However he smashed all expectations and successfully completed the necessary 200 lengths non-stop, in a stunning 2 hrs 39 mins. The 5 km swim (which is over 3 miles) was completed at the National Construction College Pool, at Bircham Newton.
Sponsorship raised a huge total of £1,301.12. Modestly George remarked “I was only expecting to get up to a couple of hundred pounds, so I am really excited at the total raised. I want to thank everyone who sponsored me”.
George, along with his mother Hollie (who did her Duke of Edinburgh award at Hunstanton station and crewed the boat), visited the Hunstanton lifeboat station and personally handed over a cheque to the Hunstanton RNLI for £650.56 (50% of the total)
The other 50% is to be used by the Nelson Rural Scout Group who need to raise £2,000 for new camping equipment.
