Go Gracie!!
A six-year-old from Minster on the Isle of Sheppey has taken up the RNLI challenge of the Mayday Mile and will run a mile a day throughout May to raise funds for her local lifeboat station at Sheerness.
Gracie Farmer a year two pupil at the Halfway Houses School in Minster decided she would like to take up the challenge after dad Andy applied to become a member of the Sheerness RNLI Lifeboat crew.
After lots of questions from Gracie, dad Andy explained that the RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea and its crew members are all volunteers.
With this information Gracie decided she would like to raise some money for her local lifeboat by taking part in the RNLI Mayday Mile and said she would like to set a target of £125 which has already been reached and ‘smashed’ with the total now sitting at £190.
Gracie will run her daily mile alongside Andy and mum Harriet, who are both experienced runners.
Good Luck Gracie and a big thank you from all at the Sheerness RNLI Lifeboat station.
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