DLRAA Receive A Christmas Donation From Ripley Glass & Andrea Fretwell
On Monday 06th January 2020, Ripley Glass Ltd & Andrea Fretwell, donated £100.00 to the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA).
Ripley Glass & Andrea presented Richard Fletcher Volunteer Derbyshire Community Representative for DLRAA, with the money at their shop on Park Road in Ripley. The donation was raised when they decided would have an auction to sell a handmade rocking horse and to be delivered before Christmas Day. The winner was Little Ellie and she named the rocking horse twinkle toes
Richard Fletcher Derbyshire Volunteer Community Representative for DLRAA said: “We are delighted to be presented with the cheque from Ripley Glass & Andrea. DLRAA relies entirely on donations from members of the public as it receives no Government or National Lottery funding, therefore support from business like this is really is invaluable and goes a long way to helping to keep our lifesaving service flying and saving lives.” Also, Andrea and her family passion for fundraising and for our service is truly amazing and is a real honour and pleasure to work with them.
DLRAA was formed in 2008 and has carried out more than 17,000 rescue missions and saved many lives in the process, each rescue mission costing on average £1,700 with DLRAA completing on average 5-6 missions every single day, 365 days a year
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