Firefighters in marathon fundraising effort
A TEAM of 15 intrepid firefighters took part in a gruelling fundraising challenge at the weekend in aid of the Help For Hero's charity.
Every member of Scunthorpe's Green Watch donned protective gear, weighing around 12 kilograms, whilst jointly completing a marathon inside Scunthorpe's Foundry Shopping Centre.
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The fundraisers wore their full fire-retardant kit, as well as helmets and breathing apparatus whilst running one kilometre stints on a treadmill on Saturday.
The challenge is just the beginning for one participant– James Reddin who is currently in training for a 10-day climb up Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's highest peak.
He said: "I'm going to be climbing Kilimanjaro in March, there are four of us doing it and although none of the guys from work are doing the climb, they decided they wanted to help me raise the money.
"My target is to reach at least £3,000.
"I'm ex-forces, I was a Royal Marine, I've been to Iraq and Sierra Leone and I still have a lot of friends in the forces which is why I chose Help for Heroes."
James has already begun his training for the mammoth climb, embarking on four-hour walks to prepare his body.
To sponsor James visit www.justgiving.com/james-reddin to make a donation online.
For the full story, buy today's Scunthorpe Telegraph.
4 Comments
by Patrick Dantic, Everest
Tuesday, February 09 2010, 3:16PM
“"in training for a 10-day climb up Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's highest peak".
Errrrrrrr No it isn't.”
by mel, not so sunny scunny
Monday, February 08 2010, 8:25PM
“What about all the other heroes from other wars and conflicts we has lost my dad served in korea and got nothing ,he did what he signed up for, and did not expect compo for doing his job and serving his country what about the lads who served in the falklands?”
by anon, ashby
Monday, February 08 2010, 2:02PM
“Who writes these articles? Surely everyone knows the cause "Help For Heroes", or if not then your employees should know that the plural of "hero" is "heroes" and not "hero's" - that's possessive! Sawt it ahhht.”
by englander, scunthorpe
Monday, February 08 2010, 9:36AM
“Full support for this one, makes you proud to be English.”