Lyme Regis RNLI crew applaud Dixie,10, for her fund raising swim
A ten year old schoolgirl with brittle bone disease has set herself a swimming challenge to raise funds for the RNLI.
Dixie Tomlinson loves swimming, so she set herself a personal challenge to swim 1,000 lengths of the Flamingo pool at Axminster, Devon, a total of 25 kilometres.
By today(Monday March 4)Dixie’s total was 932 lengths and she had raised £1,115 , smashing her goal of £1,000.
Yesterday (Sunday March 3) Dixie received a standing ovation when she met the crew at Lyme Regis lifeboat station.
Mum Mrs Rose Tomlinson said: “Dixie really loves swimming and it is part of her rehabilitation after breaking bones. “
And Dixie added: “I wanted to do this fundraiser to help save the lives of people who get bad injuries while out to sea. I am swimming, which I love, but I am also raising funds for a great cause on the 200th anniversary of the RNLI.”
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