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Marjorie Abraham once again braved the elements to raise over £5000 for the RNLI.
RNLI fundraiser Marjorie braves the elements once more
Date: 27/09/2011
Author: Ian Stroud, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer
Marjorie Abraham is a stalwart when it comes to raising
money for the RNLI. This year she has raised over £5,350
by selling raffle tickets for her, now well known, hand
made patchwork quilts. Once again during the spring and
summer of 2011 Marjorie braved the wind, rain and little
sunshine on Porthcawl’s seafront to help keep our
Lifeboats afloat.
For the past eleven years Marjorie and her friends spend the winter months armed with a needle and thread busily making patchwork quilts. When the spring arrives she sits outside Porthcawl lifeboat station shop selling raffle tickets giving purchasers the opportunity to win one of the beautiful quilts. Marjorie who lives in Picton Ave Porthcawl said, ‘I am used to the weather conditions now after so many years but other than a good spring the conditions have been fairly poor this year. What concerned me was that we would not have as many visitors braving the walk along the promenade to the lifeboat station and this would reduce the number of tickets I could sell. You would think, from the spring on, our weather would be dry and sunny but alas this is Porthcawl and unfortunately the sun doesn’t always shine’.
Marjorie also sells other items such as second hand books, of which she would welcome any donations, DVD’s, photographs and other items on her table. Traditionally at the end of September the crew and helpers applaud Marjorie’s efforts and help her draw the lucky winners out of the bag.
Phil Missen MBE, Lifeboat Operations Manager at Porthcawl, said ‘If it wasn’t for people like Marjorie our Lifeboats would not be able to do the job they do. It’s not only the crew that are volunteers but there is a vast team of dedicated people that go to huge lengths to bring in funds for the RNLI to keep our boats afloat. In her first year Marjorie raised just under £300 and each year this has grown significantly, her total now stands at just over a staggering £47,600. On behalf of the RNLI and Porthcawl in particular I must thank Marjorie, her friends and all her supporters who call to buy tickets from her year after year, we on the operational side of the RNLI are very appreciative’.
