Hoylake RNLI invites community to fundraising Mayday car wash
Hoylake RNLI lifeboat station needs your help to drive up funds by coming to its charity car wash on Saturday 18 May, raising money to save lives at sea this summer.
The volunteer Hoylake RNLI lifeboat team will get in gear for their annual Mayday Car Wash to scrub, rinse and polish visitors' cars for just £5 per vehicle.
From 10am to 1pm the crew will aim to beat last year's total of £1,100, with all the funds raised going to support their lifesaving work.
Hoylake RNLI Coxswain Howie Owen said: ‘We’re looking forward to this year's fundraising car wash. Our community is so supportive of Hoylake RNLI and we hope they’ll turn out again to donate to their local lifeboat station.’
‘Our crew clean our lifeboat, hovercraft and tractors thoroughly after every launch, so visitors can be sure their cars will leave looking ship-shape!’
Hoylake RNLI’s volunteer crew launched 35 times in 2023 and 37 times in 2022. With demand for its lifesaving services at a high, the RNLI is putting out its own 'Mayday' call, urging the public to donate through events like Hoylake’s car wash. Funds raised will ensure that lifeboat crews and lifeguards have everything they need to save lives around the coast.
The RNLI’s Mayday national fundraiser began on 1 May and runs for the whole month across the UK and Ireland.
Warmer weather draws more people to the water and the RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews will drop whatever they’re doing when a call for help comes in.
Howie added: ‘We're ready 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to emergencies. Your support funds training, kit, stations and fuel - just some of the things we need to save lives, so please come and help us beat our fundraising total from last year.’
Supporters can also donate online to directly support Hoylake RNLI lifeboat station by visiting https://fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/Hoylake
RNLI media contacts
For more information please contact:
Dan Whiteley, Lifeboat Press Officer on 07799 851 316 or email [email protected]
Claire Devine, Deputy Lifeboat Press Officer 07734 817 068 or email [email protected]
RNLI Press Office on 01202 336789
Notes to editors:
Hoylake Lifeboat Station was founded in 1803 and is one of the oldest lifeboat Stations in the UK. It operates the Shannon class all-weather lifeboat Edmund Hawthorn Micklewood and Inshore Rescue Hovercraft Hurley Spirit.
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.
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